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Bab⋅bitt⋅ry

  [bab-i-tree]
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–noun (often lowercase)
the attitude and behavior of a Babbitt.
Also, Babbitry.

Origin:
1925–30; Babbitt + -ry
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Bab·bitt   (bāb'ĭt)   
n.  A narrow-minded, self-satisfied person with an unthinking attachment to middle-class values and materialism.

[After George F. Babbitt, the main character in the novel Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis.]
Bab'bitt·ry n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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