Babbitt describes a person, especially a business or professional man, who unthinkingly conforms to prevailing middle-class standards.
Babbitt descreve uma pessoa, especialmente um homem de negócios, que se conforma sem pensar aos padrões predominantes da classe média.
| Front | Babbitt \BAB-it\ |
|---|---|
| Back | noun A person and especially a business or professional man who conforms unthinkingly to prevailing middle-class standards. [He was a prosperous real-estate broker, a pillar of his Midwestern community, and a believer in success for its own sake. George F. Babbitt was his name and complacent American middle-class values were his game. He was created by Sinclair Lewis in the satirical 1922 novel Babbitt, and the fictional protagonist's name quickly became a synonym for one who adheres to a conformist, materialistic, unimaginative way of life.] "The candidate's economic agenda appeals to the frugal Babbitts in his constituency." |
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