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10 Language-to-English Dictionariescaipirismo
Pronunciation / Transliteration: kajpiˈɾizmu
"Ele representa o típico burguês acomodado e convencional."
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A person and especially a business or professional man who conforms unthinkingly to prevailing middle-class standards.
"He was a suburban Babbitt more interested in golf scores and stock prices than in high culture."
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Characteristic of or resembling a Babbitt; narrow-minded, conventional, and complacent.
"The town's cultural stagnation was driven by its Babbitt values."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the character George F. Babbitt in Sinclair Lewis's 1922 satirical novel 'Babbitt', which critiqued the American middle class's conformity and complacency. The name rapidly entered the English language as a common noun and adjective representing a conventional, materialist person.
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conformiste
Transliteration: kɔ̃.fɔʁ.mist
"C'est un bourgeois conformiste attaché à son confort matériel."
Spießbürger
Transliteration: ˈspiːsˌbʏʁɡɐ
"Er verhält sich wie ein typischer Spießbürger."
benpensante
Transliteration: bempenˈzante
"È un tipico benpensante attaccato alle convenzioni sociali."
conformista
Transliteration: konforˈmista
"Es un burgués conformista sin inquietudes intelectuales."
caipirismo
Transliteration: kajpiˈɾizmu
"Ele representa o típico burguês acomodado e convencional."
रूढ़िवादी
Transliteration: rudhivadi
"वह एक संकीर्ण और रूढ़िवादी व्यक्ति है।"
庸俗的资产者
Transliteration: yōngsú de zīchǎnzhě
"他被描述为一个缺乏精神追求的平庸中产阶级。"
속물
Transliteration: songmul
"그는 전형적인 물질주의적 속물에 불과했다."
俗物
Transliteration: zokubutsu
"彼は物質主義にとらわれた典型的な俗物である。"
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