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- noun Alternative form of
babbittry .
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Examples
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Formerly bastions of intellectual freedom in a world of Babbittry, formerly the locus of sexual freedom and experimentation, they now became the most restrictive environments in modern society.
State of fear Crichton, Michael, 1942- 2004
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Late Night With Jan Harayda – Babbittry at the Cleveland Orchestra?
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Late Night With Jan Harayda – Babbittry at the Cleveland Orchestra?
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Against all odds, the Great Books joined the roster of postwar fads like drive-ins, hula hoops, and Mexican jumping beans … The Great Books initially scratched a cultural itch, but before long became synonymous with boosterism, Babbittry, and H.L. Mencken’s benighted boobocracy.
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Against all odds, the Great Books joined the roster of postwar fads like drive-ins, hula hoops, and Mexican jumping beans … The Great Books initially scratched a cultural itch, but before long became synonymous with boosterism, Babbittry, and H.L. Mencken’s benighted boobocracy.
“The most significant publishing event since Dr. Johnson’s dictionary” 2009
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Late Night With Jan Harayda - Babbittry at the Cleveland Orchestra?
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Late Night With Jan Harayda - Babbittry at the Cleveland Orchestra?
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Late Night With Jan Harayda - Babbittry at the Cleveland Orchestra?
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Late Night With Jan Harayda - Babbittry at the Cleveland Orchestra?
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Late Night With Jan Harayda - Babbittry at the Cleveland Orchestra?
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