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Babbittian

Babbittian adjective: having, or relating to, a complacently materialistic middle-class attitude.

Adjective

Babbittian (comparative more Babbittian, superlative most Babbittian)

  1. (US, dated) Having, or relating to, a complacently materialistic middle-class attitude.

Forms of Babbittian

comparativemore Babbittian
superlativemost Babbittian

Origin of Babbittian

From Babbitt + -ian.

Questions about Babbittian

What does Babbittian mean?
Babbittian means having, or relating to, a complacently materialistic middle-class attitude.
What part of speech is Babbittian?
Babbittian is an adjective.

Words near Babbittian in the dictionary

  1. Babbitt's metal
  2. Babbitt's metals
  3. babbitted
  4. babbitter
  5. babbitters
  6. Babbittian
  7. babbitting
  8. Babbittism
  9. babbittry
  10. babbitts
  11. babblative

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