bourgeoisification

Becoming middle class

Bourgeoisification is the process of becoming bourgeois—adopting middle-class values, tastes, and aspirations.

The term often carries a critical edge, suggesting that a person, neighborhood, or cultural movement has traded authenticity or radical energy for comfort and respectability: The bourgeoisification of punk rock was inevitable once major labels got involved.

Close to gentrification when applied to places, but broader—it can describe individuals or entire subcultures growing conventional.

political

reformism

Gradual political change doctrine

assimilation · conservatism · complacency · affluence · materialism · co-optation · abandonment · accommodation · establishment · status quo

cultural

commodification

Transforming into sellable goods

consumerism · commercialization · domestication · respectability · normalization · appropriation · dilution · mass market · curated · aspirational

urban

gentrification

Wealthy influx displacing locals

lofts · condos · brownstones · rezoning · property values · boutiques · cafes · artisanal · hipsters · yuppies

Opposites
class transformation direction

bourgeoisificationpauperization

Reduction to extreme poverty

impoverishment · downward mobility · economic decline · deindustrialization · urban decay

social stability vs. change

bourgeoisificationcultural resistance

Opposing mainstream through heritage

stasis

cultural-economic character

bourgeoisificationworking-class identity

Self-understanding through occupational rank

authenticity · grittiness · bohemianism · counterculture · anti-consumerism

Family

bourgeois, bourgeoisie, petty bourgeois, petit bourgeois

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