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bourgeoisie
/ˌbʊɹʒˌwɑˈzi/
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boor-zhwah-ZEE: the ending takes the main stress.
The g has the zh sound in “vision.” Connect it to the w sound, then finish with a clear, stressed zee.
3 syllables · Stress on syllable 3
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“The historian examined the rise of the bourgeoisie.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does bourgeoisie mean?
noun
- The capitalist class.
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noun
- (historical) A class of citizens who were wealthier members of the third estate.
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/ˌbʊɹʒˌwɑˈzi/
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What will be the result of the struggle of the proletariat and the sovereign power combined against the bourgeoisie?
As steeped in humanitarianism and rationalism as the bourgeoisie of to- day, they continually sapped their own privileges by their criticisms.
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The bourgeoisie has torn away from the family its sentimental veil, and has reduced the family relation to a mere money relation.
One of the false ideas of the bourgeoisie under the Restoration as regards aristocracy and the nobility was to believe in the particle.
The revolution in the past is that of the bourgeoisie against feudalism, which finds its expression, according to him, particularly in the French Revolution.