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What does bourgeoisie mean?

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Noun
  1. (historical) A class of citizens who were wealthier members of the third estate.
  2. (Marxism) The capitalist class.
  3. Those who profit more than the profit of their total labor.
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A window of opportunity was created for the national bourgeoisie in the underdeveloped countries.
His agrarian reforms, especially those against large property, made him unpopular among the bourgeoisie.
Equally suggestive is her interpretation of Fanon's withering attack upon the postcolonial national bourgeoisie.
Sovereignty, if it is not to be confiscated by factions of the bourgeoisie or technocrats in their service, has to be popular sovereignty.
The Communist Manifesto anticipated and predicted the irreconcilable conflict between the bourgeoisie and the working class.
Anyway, you're not doing anyone any good by being out of work, even if your old boss is a running dog lackey of the bourgeoisie.

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