bourgeois
adjective
[ ˈbʊəʒwɑː ]
• belonging to or characteristic of the middle class, typically with reference to its perceived materialistic values or conventional attitudes.
• "a rich, bored, bourgeois family"
Similar:
middle-class,
property-owning,
propertied,
shopkeeping,
conventional,
traditional,
conservative,
conformist,
ordinary,
commonplace,
provincial,
parochial,
suburban,
small-town,
parish-pump,
bourgeois
noun
• a bourgeois person.
• "a self-confessed and proud bourgeois"
Similar:
member of the middle class,
property owner,
Origin:
mid 16th century: from French, from late Latin burgus ‘castle’ (in medieval Latin ‘fortified town’), ultimately of Germanic origin and related to borough. Compare with burgess.
