babbittry

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Narrow-minded materialism. uncountable
    — For most of this century, writers on the left have portrayed small cities as stifling enclaves of Babbittry and reaction, but today they are seen as refreshing oases from commercialized mass society—potential centers of community and local activism.

词形变化

Babbittry alternative

词源

From Babbitt + -ry, after the character in Sinclair Lewis' novel Babbitt.
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