bourgeois vs button-down

bourgeois

adj
  • Of or relating to the middle class, (often derogatory) their presumed overly conventional, conservative, and materialistic values. 

  • Of or relating to the bourgeoisie, the third estate of the French Ancien Regime. 

  • Of or relating to the capitalist class, (usually derogatory) the capitalist exploitation of the proletariat. 

verb
  • To make bourgeois. 

noun
  • An individual member of the middle class. 

  • An individual member of the bourgeoisie, the third estate of the French Ancien Regime. 

  • A capitalist, (usually derogatory) an exploiter of the proletariat. 

  • A person of any class with bourgeois (i.e., overly conventional and materialistic) values and attitudes. 

  • The middle class. 

button-down

adj
  • Conservative; conventional; unimaginative. 

  • Of a collar, able to be buttoned down to the shirt, as over a necktie. 

  • Serious; staid; businesslike. 

noun
  • A shirt with a button-down collar 

How often have the words bourgeois and button-down occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )