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'''Bourgeoisie''' is a term used in classical [[Marxism]] for the social [[class]] that controls the means of production. In opposition to the [[proletariat]] class, who earn [[income]] from the sale of their labor, the bourgeoisie class generates income through the processes of [[capital]].
In its wider sense it means those of the middle class, originally neither [[aristocrat]]ic nor [[peasant]] and was the French equivalent of [[Burgess]] ([[English]]) or Burgher ([[German]]). All were citizens or freemen of the [[medieval]] ''burgh'' or town from whence we get the modern "Borough". By extension, the adjective "bourgeois" can mean hum-drum, unimaginative, conventional and the like.
==See also==
* [[Social class]]
* [[Aristocracy]] or [[Nobility]]
* [[Proletariat]]
==References==
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[[Category:Dictionary]]
[[Category:Economics]]
[[Category:Marxist Terminology]]