respectable but shallow middle-class society

language: ja

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.
    ja: 品位ある浅薄な中流社会

examples

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

    その小説は、品位はあるが浅薄な中流社会の偽善を批判している。