1. Plural of babbittry; instances or practices of conformity to conventional middle-class values and materialism, often viewed as narrow-minded or philistine.
Usage: Often used critically or satirically; Derived from Sinclair Lewis's 1922 novel 'Babbitt' and its protagonist George F. Babbitt

Examples

• The critic condemned the babbitries of suburban consumer culture.
• His novels satirized the babbitries of American business society.
• She rejected the babbitries of her upbringing to pursue art.
• The film mocked the babbitries of the 1950s middle class.
• Literary scholars often discuss the babbitries that Lewis portrayed in his work.