bourgeois family

collocation in English

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bourgeois
adjective
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/ˈbɔːʒ.wɑː/us
/ˈbʊrʒ.wɑː/
belonging to or typical of the middle class (= a social group between the rich and the poor) especially in supporting existing customs and values, or in having a strong interest in money ...
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family
noun
uk
/ˈfæm.əl.i/us
/ˈfæm.əl.i/
a group of people who are related to each other, such as a mother, a father, and ...
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(Definition ofbourgeoisandfamilyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In his account thebourgeoisfamilyis presented as the initiator of change, the prime mover in the creation of the bourgeois public sphere.
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Thebourgeoisfamilywas a haven of safety in a chaotic world.
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This vision allowed women to participate in the public sphere but it inherited the inequalities inherent in thebourgeoisfamily.
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This sense of belonging to abourgeoisfamilynow in decline was to become an enduring theme in his mature poetry.
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He was born into abourgeoisfamily, and continued a family tradition by enrolling at the artillery school in 1897.
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Other themes of the novel include monopoly capitalism, modern technology, thebourgeoisfamily, and the modern metropolis.
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He was born in a well offbourgeoisfamily, which also had acquired noble titles.
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Though this is unconfirmed, he is likely to have come from abourgeoisfamily.
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In a heady atmosphere of revolutionary triumph, the regime confidently advocated its vision of replacing the traditionalbourgeoisfamilyenvironment with socialist asylums and institutions administered by the state.
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This domestic space defined the bourgeois family's immediate identity, setting lines of inclusion and exclusion.
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Breslau was born into a prosperousbourgeoisfamily; her father was a well-respected physician specializing in obstetrics and gynecology.
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Except in unusual circumstances, women born to bourgeois families did not have careers.
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The possibility however of re-education and service to the masses was held out to bourgeois families as long as they committed to communism as well.
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It is unknown in bourgeois families, where one is constantly occupied with the care of one's fortune.
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Many of them were educated in traditional maktabs and madrassas, and came from clerical or bourgeois families.
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Educated urban youth, most of whom came from bourgeois families, were persuaded or coerced to settle in the countryside, often in remote frontier districts.
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Bourgeois families came to study the flippant manners of their superiors.
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This is followed by the arms of lower nobility and certain notable bourgeois families (foll. 86-255) and the arms of imperial cities (foll. 257-262).
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