Bourgeois - English meaning

adjective

Not unusual; ordinary.

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Unemployment was commonplace in his trade

noun

A usual or ordinary thing.

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Bombing has become almost a commonplace of public life there

adjective

Happening or seen frequently and so not considered special or unusual

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Public financing for sports stadiums has become commonplace.

noun

A person who conforms to accepted behaviour or established practices.

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Organizations where employees are loyal without being unthinking conformists

adjective

Conforming to accepted behaviour or established practices; conventional.

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The poet became more conformist in his later years

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Someone who behaves or thinks like the other people in a group and doesn't do anything unusual

adjective

Averse to change or innovation and holding traditional values.

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They were very conservative in their outlook

noun

A person who is averse to change and holds traditional values.

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He was considered a conservative in his approach to catholic teachings

adjective

Tending to emphasize the importance of preserving traditional cultural and religious values, and to oppose change, esp. sudden change

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He wore a conservative business suit for his interview., she was conservatively dressed in a gray s…

adjective

Based on or in accordance with what is generally done or believed.

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A conventional morality had dictated behaviour

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Following the usual practices of the past

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We were raised in a conventional, middle-class family., it’s a conventional hot-water heater (= of …

adjective

Relating to accepted or traditional ways of doing something

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Conventional accounting/business practices/methods, it is estimated that over one-third of sub-prim…

noun

The people in a society who are not of high social rank or extremely rich but are not poor

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The social group that consists of well-educated people, such as doctors, lawyers, and teachers, who are neither very rich nor very poor

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Lower/upper middle class the upper middle class tends to go into business or the professions., tax …

adjective

With no special or distinctive features; normal.

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He sets out to depict ordinary people

noun

What is commonplace or standard.

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Their clichés were vested with enough emotion to elevate them above the ordinary

adjective

Not different, special, or unexpected in any way; usual

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His music was of the sort that ordinary americans could relate to., computers are now widely availa…

adjective

Relating to a church parish.

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The parochial church council

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Relating to a parish (= an area that has its own church or priest)

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Parochial boundaries

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Showing interest only in a narrow range of matters, especially those that directly affect yourself, your town, or your country

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A parochial view/opinion, although it's just a local paper, it somehow manages not to be too paroch…

adjective

(of a person or group) owning property and land, especially in large amounts.

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A propertied country gentleman

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Used for referring to people who own land, houses, etc.

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The property-owning classes feel angry that the budget did not help them in any way.

adjective

Of or concerning a province of a country or empire.

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Provincial elections

noun

An inhabitant of a province of a country or empire.

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Augustine was a local boy who made good, a provincial from the southern edge of fourth-century roma…

adjective

Of or from a small town, and sometimes having a simple or limited quality

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A small-town girl, small-town politics

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Of or characteristic of a suburb.

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Suburban life

adjective

Relating to a suburb

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Suburban schools/housing, they live in suburban washington., suburban life

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Existing in or as part of a tradition; long-established.

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The traditional festivities of the church year

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Following or belonging to the ways of behaving or beliefs that have been established for a long time

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The traditional two-parent family, traditional southern cooking, the traditional politeness of japa…