tư sản hóa

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To become bourgeois / to adopt bourgeois characteristics: The process by which an individual, group, or social class acquires the attitudes, lifestyles, values, or economic status typical of the bourgeoisie (the capitalist or middle class).
   • To embourgeois: A direct translation of the sociological term, meaning the same process of adopting a bourgeois condition or mentality.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Một bộ phận công nhân có thể bị tư sản hóa khi đời sống được cải thiện. (A segment of the working class may become bourgeois when their living standards improve.)
  • Quá trình tư sản hóa đôi khi làm mờ đi ý thức giai cấp. (The process of embourgeoisement can sometimes blur class consciousness.)

Advanced Usage

• This term is primarily used in sociological, economic, and political discourse, often within a Marxist or critical theoretical context to analyze social mobility and class structure changes.
• It can describe a perceived negative transformation where revolutionary or proletarian values are lost in favor of bourgeois comfort and individualism.

Variants and Related Words

• Giai cấp tư sản (n): the bourgeoisie, the capitalist class.
• Tiểu tư sản (n): the petty bourgeoisie, the lower middle class.

Synonyms

• Embourgeoisement: The process of becoming bourgeois.
• Bourgeoisification: The act of making something bourgeois or the process of adopting bourgeois traits.

Related Concepts

• Proletarianization: The opposite process, where individuals or groups sink into or adopt the conditions of the working class (proletariat).
• Class assimilation: The broader process of being absorbed into a different social class.