bourgeoisify
English
Etymology
bourgeois + -ify
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɔː(ɹ)ʒˈwɑːzifaɪ/, /bʊə(ɹ)ʒˈwɑːzifaɪ/
Verb
bourgeoisify (third-person singular simple present bourgeoisifies, present participle bourgeoisifying, simple past and past participle bourgeoisified)
- (transitive) To make bourgeois.
- 1938, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter 5, in Homage to Catalonia, London: Secker & Warburg:
- The workers' militias and police-forces must be preserved in their present form and every effort to "bourgeoisify" them must be resisted.
- 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
- For women from 'bourgeoisified' families, the crisis afflicting how they had always seen themselves increasingly manifested itself in minor ailments, sickness, and emotional upset.
- 2005, James Booth, Philip Larkin: The Poet's Plight, Palgrave Macmillan, Chapter 3, p. 69,
- Larkin's contribution to the genre playfully bourgeoisifies the aristocratic conventions […]
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Antonyms
- de-bourgeoisify
Related terms
- bourgeoisification
Translations
to make bourgeois
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