embourgeoisement

[ em-boor-zhwahz-muhnt, -mahnt, ahm-; French ahn-boor-zhwaz-mahn ]

noun

1. the acquisition or adoption of middle-class values and manners.

embourgeoisement

/ ɑ̃burʒwazmɑ̃ /

noun

1. the process of becoming middle-class; the assimilation into the middle class of traditionally working-class people

Word History and Origins

Origin of embourgeoisement¹

< French, equivalent to s’embourgeois ( er ) to become bourgeois ( em- ¹, bourgeois ¹ ) + -ment -ment

Word History and Origins

Origin of embourgeoisement¹

from French, from en- ¹+ bourgeois ¹