bourgeois

bourgeois [adjective]: of the middle class; conventional and materialistic.

Example: The communist ideologue never lost an opportunity to attack bourgeois attitudes.

Related words: bourgeoisie [noun]

Synonyms: conformist, conservative, conventional, hidebound, unimaginative, materialistic, middle-class, traditional

Antonyms: adventurous, imaginative, nonconforming, original, revolutionary, unconventional

Tags: GRE

Category: Vocabulary words

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