2. Belonging to, characteristic of, or constituting another and very different place, society, or person; strange. See Synonyms at foreign. 3. Dissimilar, inconsistent, or opposed, as in nature: emotions alien to her temperament.
n, pl -thens or -then. 1. (Alternative Belief Systems) a person who does not acknowledge the God of Christianity, Judaism, or Islam; pagan. 2. an uncivilized or barbaric person. 3. (Alternative Belief Systems) the heathen (functioning as plural) heathens collectively.
LINK / CITE ADD TO WORD LIST. noun. The bourgeoisie is defined as the middle class, typically used with reference to feelings of materialism when describing the middle class. An example of the bourgeoisie is the middle class who like to buy big houses and cars.