babbitt

At first, Neil sees his joining the black community as a way to authenticate his identity, to move beyond, as Delton argues, the banal Babbittry of whiteness.

Bill Buckley remarked many years ago that even George Babbitt didn't approve of Babbittry; he merely practiced it.

The local Congressman is an embodiment of this narcissistic style, and of the sort of Babbittry that accompanies it.

The novel's scathing indictment of middle-class American values made Babbittry a synonym for adherence to a conformist, materialistic, anti-intellectual way of life.

Faced with this Babbittry, however, the Senate decided to override the usual procedure and pass a law that in effect micromanages Interior by legislative fiat, including a moratorium on the fees.