ˈbɔːʒ.wɑː bu(ɹ)ʒ.ˈwɑː ˈbɔːʒ.wɑː ˈbɝɡɚ kənˈsɝvətɪv kənˈsɜːvətɪv məˌtɪəɹ.i.əˈlɪs.tɪk belonging to the middle class conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class a bourgeois mentality (according to Marxist thought) being of the property-owning class and exploitive of the working class a member of the middle class a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise