embourgeoisement

Meanings

1. The process of adopting or the condition of adopting the characteristics of the bourgeoisie; bourgeoisification; the process of becoming affluent.
2. The proliferation in a society of values perceived as characteristic of the middle class, especially of materialism.
3. A shift to bourgeois values and practices.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en- French en- Old French borgeis Middle French bourgois French bourgeois Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Old French -ier Middle French -er French -er French embourgeoiser Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-məntom Latin -mentum Old French -ment Middle French -ment French -ment French embourgeoisementbor. English embourgeoisement Borrowed from French embourgeoisement.