embourgeoise means to make bourgeois; to gentrify. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 85 out of 100.
Why “embourgeoise” is a great word
EMBOURGEOISE — [Verb] To make bourgeois in character or style; to gentrify. From French embourgeoiser, from en- (causative prefix) + bourgeois ("member of the middle class"). Unlike "gentrify," which denotes the physical and demographic upgrading of an urban neighborhood, or "proletarianize," its direct socioeconomic opposite, to embourgeoise is to enact a quieter, more pervasive cultural assimilation. It is the relentless replacement of the eccentric café with the predictable chain, the swapping of a battered work jacket for a sensible blazer, the silent sanding of a rebellious idea into a respectable opinion—the gentle, inexorable victory of comfort over character.
verb
- To make bourgeois; to gentrify.