de-bourgeoisify

English · Thesaurus

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

de-bourgeoisify

Where it comes from

From de- + bourgeoisify.

verb de-bourgeoisifies · de-bourgeoisifying · de-bourgeoisified

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

Opposite: bourgeoisify

Thesaurus

verb

Opposite: bourgeoisify

Translations

Every language

verb to remove the bourgeois characteristics from

Portuguêsdesaburguesar, desburguesar

Talk about this word

Cite this
MLA

"de-bourgeoisify." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/de-bourgeoisify. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

de-bourgeoisify. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/de-bourgeoisify

Chicago

"de-bourgeoisify." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/de-bourgeoisify.

BibTeX
@misc{de_bourgeoisify_2026,
  title = {de-bourgeoisify},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/de-bourgeoisify},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}