bourgeois vs conservative

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. 

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. 

verb
  • To make bourgeois. 

conservative

adj
  • Supporting some combination of fiscal, political or social conservatism. 

  • Tending to resist change or innovation. 

  • Neither creating nor destroying a given quantity. 

  • Having power to preserve in a safe or entire state, or from loss, waste, or injury; preservative. 

  • Not including any operation or intervention (said of a treatment, see conservative treatment) 

  • Based on pessimistic assumptions. 

  • Conventional, traditional, and moderate in style and appearance; not extreme, excessive, faddish, or intense. 

  • Relating to the Conservative Party. 

  • Cautious, moderate. 

  • Relating to Conservative Judaism. 

noun
  • A social conservative. 

  • A fiscal conservative. 

  • One who opposes changes to the traditional institutions of their country. 

  • A person who favors maintenance of the status quo. 

  • A person who favors decentralization of political power and disfavors interventionist foreign policy. 

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