Dictionary

bourgeoisify en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /bʊə(ɹ)ʒˈwɑːzifaɪ/
• /bɔː(ɹ)ʒˈwɑːzifaɪ/

Etymology

From bourgeois + -ify.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To make bourgeois.
   • Larkin's contribution to the genre playfully bourgeoisifies the aristocratic conventions […] 2005, James Booth, chapter 3, in Philip Larkin: The Poet's Plight, Palgrave Macmillan, page 69:
   • The workers' militias and police-forces must be preserved in their present form and every effort to "bourgeoisify" them must be resisted. 1938 April, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter V, in Homage to Catalonia, London: Secker & Warburg, →OCLC:
   • For women from 'bourgeoisified' families, the crisis afflicting how they had always seen themselves increasingly manifested itself in minor ailments, sickness, and emotional upset. 2002, Heiko Haumann, A History of East European Jews, translated by James Patterson, Budapest and New York: Central European University Press, Part III, p. 142

Forms

Antonyms

de-bourgeoisify

Relateds

bourgeoisification

Translations (7)

fr embourgeoiser (to make bourgeois) · gl aburguesar (to make bourgeois) · es aburguesarse (to make bourgeois) · pt aburguesar (to make bourgeois) · sv förborgerliga (to make bourgeois) · pt aburguesarse (to make bourgeois) · gl aburguesarse (to make bourgeois)