bourg·eoi·si·fi·ca·tion

(bo͝or-zhwä′zə-fĭ-kā′shən)

The act or process of adopting or the condition of having adopted the characteristics attributed to the bourgeoisie.

bour·geoi′si·fy′ (-zə-fī′) v.

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bourgeoisify

(bʊəˈʒwɑːzɪˌfaɪ)

vb (tr) , -fies, -fying or -fied

to convert to a bourgeois attitude or appearance

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References in periodicals archive

One reason that Dewey is my philosophical hero is that I think it would be a good idea for philosophers to bourgeoisify themselves, to stop trying to rise to the spiritual level at which Plato and Nietzsche confront each other' (79).

Richard Rorty: Philosophy as Cultural Politics: Philosophical Papers (Vol. 4)

long, she wants to bourgeoisify her home and female neighbors.

The Gold Standard of racial identity in Nella Larsen's Quicksand and Passing

By doing so, philosophy would bourgeoisify and de-heroize itself.

Universalist grandeur, romantic depth, pragmatist cunning

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