em·bour·geoise·ment ( m-b r zhwäz-m nt, -mänt )n. Conversion to bourgeois values, loyalties, or tastes. [French, from bourgeois, bourgeois; see bourgeois.] |
embourgeoisement (French) [ɑ̃burʒwazˈmɑ̃]
n
(Sociology) the process of becoming middle class; the assimilation into the middle class of traditionally working-class people
[from French, from en-1 + bourgeois1]
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