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embourgeoisement

American  
[em-boor-zhwahz-muhnt, -mahnt, ahm-, ahn-boor-zhwaz-mahn] / ɛmˈbʊər ʒwɑz mənt, -ˌmɑnt, ɑm-, ɑ̃ bur ʒwazˈmɑ̃ /

noun

  1. the acquisition or adoption of middle-class values and manners.

embourgeoisement British  
/ ɑ̃burʒwazmɑ̃ /

noun

  1. the process of becoming middle-class; the assimilation into the middle class of traditionally working-class people

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Etymology

Origin of embourgeoisement

< French, equivalent to s’embourgeois ( er ) to become bourgeois ( see em- 1, bourgeois 1) + -ment -ment

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