bourgeoisies
Capitalist social strata
Bourgeoisies is the plural of bourgeoisie, the middle class—particularly in Marxist analysis, the capitalist class that owns the means of production.
The plural appears when distinguishing between different national or historical middle classes: The bourgeoisies of France and England developed along different paths.
The word carries connotations of conventional values, materialism, and concern with respectability.
Intermediate socioeconomic group
- affluentHaving abundant financial resources
- comfortablePhysically at ease
- respectableWorthy of regard
- conventionalFollowing accepted practices
suburban · professionals · merchants · shopkeepers · entrepreneurs · established · prosperous · educated
Laborers lacking capital ownership
- capitalismPrivate profit-based economy
- class struggleConflict between economic groups
- means of productionTools and facilities for manufacturing
- exploitationSelfish use of others
ruling class · Marx · Engels · dialectic · revolution · alienation · surplus value · class consciousness
Art-dismissing ignoramus
- conformistOne following accepted norms
- materialisticPrioritizing physical wealth
- conventionalFollowing accepted practices
- conservativeCautious about altering customs
tasteless · mediocre · provincial · narrow-minded · uncultured · pretentious · snobbish · status symbols
middle class
Intermediate socioeconomic group
- affluentHaving abundant financial resources
- comfortablePhysically at ease
- respectableWorthy of regard
conventional · suburban · professionals · merchants · shopkeepers · entrepreneurs · established · prosperous · educated · white-collar
proletariat
Laborers lacking capital ownership
- capitalismPrivate profit-based economy
- class struggleConflict between economic groups
- means of productionTools and facilities for manufacturing
exploitation · ruling class · Marx · Engels · dialectic · revolution · alienation · surplus value · class consciousness · materialism
philistine
Art-dismissing ignoramus
- conformistOne following accepted norms
- materialisticPrioritizing physical wealth
- conventionalFollowing accepted practices
conservative · tasteless · mediocre · provincial · narrow-minded · uncultured · pretentious · snobbish · status symbols · consumption
bourgeoisiesproletariats
Wage-earning laboring classes
working classes · peasantries · wage earners · have-nots · underclasses
bourgeoisiesaristocracies
Rule by hereditary elites
nobilities · peerages · landed gentry · upper classes · ruling classes
bourgeoisiesbohemians
Unconventional artistic types
avant-gardes · countercultures · radicals · revolutionaries · dropouts
- petty bourgeoisieSmall proprietor class