adjective
- characteristic of or relating to the bourgeoisie; middle-class in values or behavior, often perceived as conventional or materialistic
Usage: informal; sometimes derogatory
noun
- a person regarded as bourgeois; a member of the middle class
Usage: informal; sometimes derogatory
Examples
- She criticized his bourgie taste in furniture and art.
- The neighborhood had become too bourgie for the artists who originally lived there.
- He was accused of being a bourgie sellout after he got a corporate job.
- Their bourgie lifestyle included country club memberships and designer clothes.
- The café used to be cool, but now it's full of bourgie professionals.
- She rejected bourgie values in favor of a simpler, more authentic life.