respectable but shallow middle-class society

language: de

definitions

  1. A social group characterized by adherence to conventional standards of decency and morality to maintain status, while lacking intellectual depth, emotional complexity, or genuine substance.
    de: Anständige, oberflächliche Mittelschicht

examples

  1. The novel critiques the hypocrisies of a respectable but shallow middle-class society.

    Der Roman kritisiert die Heuchelei einer anständigen, aber oberflächlichen Mittelschicht.