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de-bourgeoisify

Verb CEFR C2

Definitions

To remove the bourgeois characteristics or qualities from (someone or something)

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Examples

“To this extent, Artaud's work⟳ may be viewed as an attempt⟳ to de-bourgeoisify the early twentieth-century theatre: to render it less cerebral, less literary, less refined, less circumscribed, more visceral.”
“Despite the freezing out of formal residential uses, some areas of the frozen zone were thoroughly "de-bourgeoisified" […] through the conversion of housing stock⟳ into dormitories for students from the provinces.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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