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babbittry

babbittry noun: narrow-minded materialism.

Noun (1)

babbittry (uncountable)

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

Noun (2) capitalized: Babbittry

Babbittry (uncountable)

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of babbittry.

Forms of babbittry

alternative formBabbittry

Origin of babbittry

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

Questions about babbittry

What does babbittry mean?
Babbittry means narrow-minded materialism.
What part of speech is babbittry?
Babbittry is a noun.

Words near babbittry in the dictionary

  1. babbitter
  2. babbitters
  3. Babbittian
  4. babbitting
  5. Babbittism
  6. babbittry
  7. babbitts
  8. babblative
  9. babble
  10. babble word
  11. babble words

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