respectable but shallow middle-class society
definitions
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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.ru: Почтенное, но поверхностное общество
examples
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The novel critiques the hypocrisies of a respectable but shallow middle-class society.
Роман критикует лицемерие почтенного, но поверхностного общества.