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embourgeoisement

noun
em·​bour·​geoise·​ment | \ em-ˈbu̇rzh-ˌwäz-mənt How to pronounce embourgeoisement (audio) , äm-; äⁿ-bu̇rzh-wäz-ˈmäⁿ How to pronounce embourgeoisement (audio) \

Definition of embourgeoisement

: a shift to bourgeois values and practices

Examples of embourgeoisement in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

 For long, sociologists had debated the embourgeoisement of the working-class in the West—never a very happy term for the processes at issue. — Jeet Heer, New Republic, "America’s First Postmodern President," 8 July 2017

First Known Use of embourgeoisement

1937, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for embourgeoisement

French, from embourgeoiser to make bourgeois, from em- + bourgeois

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