Babbitryn.

Brit.

/ˈbabᵻtri/, U.S.

/ˈbæbətri/

Forms: 1900s– Babbitry (irregular), 1900s– Babbittry. Also with lower-case initial.

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Babbitt , -ry suffix.

Etymology: < the name of George F. Babbitt (see Babbitt n.²) + -ry suffix.

Originally North American.

Behaviour and attitudes characteristic of or associated with the character George Babbitt (see Babbitt n.²); esp. materialistic complacency and unthinking conformity.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > [noun] > philistinism

Gothicism1710

Gothism1715

philistinism1793

vandalism1798

Babbitry1920

Babbittism1925

1920 S. Lewis Let. 17 Dec. in H. Smith From Main Street to Stockholm (1952) ii. 57 The name now for my man is George F. Babbitt, which, I think, sounds commonplace yet will be remembered, and two years from now we'll have them talking of Babbittry.

1922 H. J. Smith in B. Hecht 1001 Afternoons in Chicago p. iv There were subtle jabs at well-established Babbitry.

1928 Daily Express 27 Apr. 9/3 Vancouver has been inundated with the ‘Babbitry’ from the South.

1966 Times 20 Sept. 11/2 This was not just a bit of Babbitry—‘the biggest little place in the state’—but official grading.

1998 New Yorker 5 Oct. 58/1 Before he could wear trousers, he had discovered in reading and writing an antidote to the Babbitry he associated with his father.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	babbitry
释义	Babbitryn. Brit. /ˈbabᵻtri/, U.S. /ˈbæbətri/ Forms: 1900s– Babbitry (irregular), 1900s– Babbittry. Also with lower-case initial. Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Babbitt , -ry suffix. Etymology: < the name of George F. Babbitt (see Babbitt n.²) + -ry suffix. Originally North American. Behaviour and attitudes characteristic of or associated with the character George Babbitt (see Babbitt n.²); esp. materialistic complacency and unthinking conformity. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > [noun] > philistinism Gothicism1710 Gothism1715 philistinism1793 vandalism1798 Babbitry1920 Babbittism1925 1920 S. Lewis Let. 17 Dec. in H. Smith From Main Street to Stockholm (1952) ii. 57 The name now for my man is George F. Babbitt, which, I think, sounds commonplace yet will be remembered, and two years from now we'll have them talking of Babbittry. 1922 H. J. Smith in B. Hecht 1001 Afternoons in Chicago p. iv There were subtle jabs at well-established Babbitry. 1928 Daily Express 27 Apr. 9/3 Vancouver has been inundated with the ‘Babbitry’ from the South. 1966 Times 20 Sept. 11/2 This was not just a bit of Babbitry—‘the biggest little place in the state’—but official grading. 1998 New Yorker 5 Oct. 58/1 Before he could wear trousers, he had discovered in reading and writing an antidote to the Babbitry he associated with his father. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1920
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