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embourgeoisement

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em⋅bour⋅geoise⋅ment

  [em-boor-zhwahz-muhnt, -mahnt, ahm-; Fr. ahn-boor-zhwaz-mahn]
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–noun
the acquisition or adoption of middle-class values and manners.
Origin:
< F, equiv. to s’embourgeois(er) to become bourgeois (see em- 1 , bourgeois 1 ) + -ment -ment
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em·bour·geoise·ment   (ěm-bŏŏr'zhwäz-mənt, -mänt')   
n.  Conversion to bourgeois values, loyalties, or tastes.

[French, from bourgeois, bourgeois; see bourgeois.]
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