Meanings
plural bourgeoisifications
- humorousuncountableusuallyThe process of adopting or the condition of adopting the characteristics of the bourgeoisie; embourgeoisement.
A general 'bourgeoisification', a deliberate destruction of the equalitarian spirit of the first few months of the revolution, was taking place.
1938 April, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter V, in Homage to Catalonia, London: Secker & Warburg, →OCLC1 more example
2001, Mark Seymour, "Pasolini, Pier Paolo" in Robert Aldrich and Garry Wotherspoon (eds.), Who's Who in Contemporary Gay and Lesbian History, from World War II to the Present Day, London and New York: Routledge, p. 316, In early 1975 he declared himself against abortion, claiming that the so-called sexual revolution was part of the bourgeoisification of the masses.
Synonyms: embourgeoisement
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe process of adopting or the condition of adopting the characteristics of the bourgeoisie; embourgeoisement.
Origin
From bourgeois + -ification (“becoming”).
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