respectable but shallow middle-class society

language: en

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.
    en: 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.

examples

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

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