- embourgeoisement
- noun Etymology: French, from embourgeoiser to make bourgeois, from em- + bourgeois Date: 1937 a shift to bourgeois values and practices
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embourgeoisement — [ ɑ̃burʒwazmɑ̃ ] n. m. • 1867; de embourgeoiser ♦ Fait de s embourgeoiser. « Cela tient à l embourgeoisement de leurs chefs » (Péguy). ● embourgeoisement nom masculin Fait de s embourgeoiser ; état qui en résulte. embourgeoisement n. m. Fait de s … Encyclopédie Universelle
embourgeoisement — embourgeoisement, embourgeoisement thesis Embourgeoisement is the process by which bourgeois aspirations, and a bourgeois standard and style of life, become institutionalized among the working class . The phenomenon is said to undermine working… … Dictionary of sociology
embourgeoisement — [ɒembourgeoisement bʊəʒwα:zmɒembourgeoisement] noun the process of becoming bourgeois or middle class. Origin Fr., from embourgeoiser become or make bourgeois … English new terms dictionary
embourgeoisement — [än bo͞or zhwȧz män′] n. the process of becoming middle class in economic status, social attitudes, etc … English World dictionary
Embourgeoisement — Gentrification Le quartier de Harlem à New York, traditionnellement un « ghetto noir mal famé », aujourd hui en reconquête par les classes aisées qui le rénovent et se l approprient. La gentrification (de gentry, « petite… … Wikipédia en Français
embourgeoisement — noun /ɒmbɔːˈʒwæzmɑ̃/ The taking up of middle class attitudes or values; bourgeoisification; the process of becoming affluent. The upstart genre of the novel also marks a decisive embourgeoisement and feminization of culture. Syn:… … Wiktionary
Embourgeoisement thesis — The Embourgeoisement Hypothesis is the argument that, contrary to the class conflict theory of Karl Marx (1818 1883), increasing numbers of what might traditionally be classified as working class people are coming to assume the lifestyle and… … Wikipedia
embourgeoisement — /em boor zhwahz meuhnt, mahnt , ahm /; Fr. /ahonn boohrdd zhwannz mahonn /, n. the acquisition or adoption of middle class values and manners. [ < F, equiv. to s embourgeois(er) to become bourgeois (see EM 1, BOURGEOIS1) + ment MENT] * * * … Universalium
embourgeoisement — n. adoption of middle class manners, conversion to bourgeois style … English contemporary dictionary
embourgeoisement — em·bour·geoise·ment … English syllables
