Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. A community of persons with artistic or literary tastes who adopt manners and mores conspicuously different from those expected or approved of by the majority of society.
- n. The district in which bohemians live.
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- n. Alternative capitalization of Bohemia
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
Examples
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Just as "bohemia" was the refuge of impecunious artists and writers, so Mexico will be to some NOB retirees.
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The word "bohemia" has many romantic connotations: thick dark forests, strong beer and fine glassware.
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His accent is somewhere between Portobello Road bohemia and public school.
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It's something to do with bohemia and computers ...... it's the underground with computers.
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Good bets include Göran Olsson's "The Black Power Mixtape (1967-1975)," "Tyrannosaur" (the debut feature by British actor Paddy Considine), Nicolás Pereda's "Summer of Goliath" and "Microphone," whose look at contemporary Egyptian bohemia is of timely interest.
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Hip is a moveable feast and as new wealth arrives, the new residents and professional developers are turning Berlin's bohemia into the new bourgeoisie.
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Here I thought you were Bohemian and I said no my folks are from downstate and he says no bohemia isn't really a place anymore it's a state of mind for people who have aesthetic values and I said my sister is an aesthetician she graduated from Lane School of Hairdressing.
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He is a man at ease in the life of a 21st-century aesthete, swaying between glamour and bohemia, the realms of Hollywood (with whose denizens he parties and for which he's written screenplays) and the Cape (where he's a beloved friend to brilliant people who eschew worldly ambition).
Michael Cunningham and a new generation of writers transcend 'gay literature'
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At the bustling Orna and Ella bistro on Shenkin Street—synonymous with Tel Aviv bohemia—celebrities and entertainment executives nosh on pastries and sip espresso, not unlike at L.A.'s Toast.
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Today's bohemia, according to Mr. Chanler-Berat, may be somewhere off the L train.
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