babbittry

See also: Babbittry

English

Alternative forms

• Babbittry

Etymology

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

Noun

babbittry (uncountable)

1. Narrow-minded materialism.
   • 1997 September 15, David Brooks, “The Rise of the Latte Town”, in Washington Examiner‎^[1]:

     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.

Translations

narrow minded materialism

• French: matérialisme petit-bourgeois m
• Russian: обыва́тельщина (ru) f (obyvátelʹščina)