babbittry

/ˈbæbɪtri/
noun
  1. The attitudes or behavior of a narrow-minded, self-satisfied person who is overly concerned with material success and social respectability.
    • She left the corporate world because she couldn't stand the babbittry and conformity.
    • His constant boasting about his new car and golf trophies was pure babbittry.
    • The novel satirizes the babbittry of small-town businessmen in the 1920s.
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