adjective
- relating to or characteristic of a society, culture, or ideology that has moved beyond or rejected bourgeois values, materialism, and class structures
Usage: often used in academic or cultural criticism; may imply a transition to post-capitalist or alternative social values
Examples
- The artist's postbourgeois manifesto rejected consumerism and traditional wealth accumulation.
- Some theorists argue that digital communities represent a postbourgeois shift in social organization.
- The movement promoted postbourgeois values centered on sustainability and collective well-being.
- Critics debate whether truly postbourgeois societies can exist within capitalist economies.
- The postbourgeois aesthetic emphasizes minimalism and rejection of status symbols.