bourgeois society

collocation in English

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bourgeois
adjective
uk
/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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society
noun
uk
/səˈsaɪ.ə.ti/us
/səˈsaɪ.ə.t̬i/
a large group of people who live together in an organized way, making decisions about how to do things and sharing the work that needs to be done. All the people in a country, or in several similar countries, can be referred to as ...
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(Definition ofbourgeoisandsocietyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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He interpreted the incident as a microcosm of revolutionary longing thwarted bybourgeoissociety.
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But inbourgeoissocietythe commodity-form of the product of labor - or the value-form of the commodity - is the economic cell-form.
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They stood firmly on the ground of the newbourgeoissocietyand naturally displayed the cultural optimism of their class.
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And in such an adventure two things happen: our habitual values (the 'commonsense' ofbourgeoissociety) are thrown into disarray.
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When a country changes over from the rule of aristocracy to abourgeoissociety, the aristocrats still have their own networks.
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Reassuringly free of any offensive onbourgeoissociety, the book promotes the heady confidence in progress typical of the high culture of imperialism.
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Inbourgeoissociety, the public domain is identified with an omnipresent, omnipotent eye that controls, disciplines, and socializes the individual, all in exquisite taste.
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With these publications, the institute intended to initiate and encourage discussion on the origins ofbourgeoissocietyand on the fundamental problem of the interrelations of economy and intellectual culture.
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Prison officials were particularly inclined to write off those inmates who had most manifestly failed to conform to the moral, political, and social values ofbourgeoissociety.
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The system weakens the spirit ofbourgeoissocietyand thereby hastens its demise from within as well as from without.
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His search for moral ideals was expressed in his poetization of the natural man, who resists the hypocrisy ofbourgeoissociety.
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Critics praised its humor and his ability to observe the false pretenses ofbourgeoissociety.
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The last stage of class society isbourgeoissociety, or capitalism, in which it has been simplified to owner and worker.
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The modernbourgeoissocietythat has sprouted from the ruins of feudal society has not done away with class antagonisms.
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The escapism and the denunciation of thebourgeoissocietyare complementary aspects of an ambivalent attitude.
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My struggle againstbourgeoissocietyhas involved the total rejection of it.
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Habermas argued that thebourgeoissocietycultivated and upheld these criteria.
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It was both necessary and possible to rationally govern human metabolism with nature, but this was something completely beyond the capabilities ofbourgeoissociety.
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The major political theme of the era was that of revolt against materialism, rationalism, positivism,bourgeoissocietyand liberal democracy.
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