bourgeoisification
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
26
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
5
Syllables
13
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The process of adopting or the condition of adopting the characteristics of the bourgeoisie; embourgeoisement.
Humorous; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "A general 'bourgeoisification', a deliberate destruction of the equalitarian spirit of the first few months of the revolution, was taking place."
- "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."
Etymology
Etymology tree English bourgeois Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -ficātiō Old French -ificationbor. Middle English -ificacioun English -ification English bourgeoisification From bourgeois + -ification (“becoming”).