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单词 white-bread
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white-bread


white-bread

(wīt′brĕd′, hwīt′-)adj. Blandly conventional, especially when considered as typical of white middle-class America: "The proven ability of blacks to appeal to mainstream America ... shattered forever the mythology that only white-bread 'mainstream' culture could sell" (Joel Kotkin).

white′ bread′


n. any white or light-colored bread made from finely ground, usu. bleached, flour. [1300–50]

white′-bread`


adj. usage: This term is used with disparaging intent, implying a contempt for the values of the white middle class.adj. Informal: Disparaging. 1. pertaining to or characteristic of the white middle class; bourgeois: white-bread liberals. 2. bland; conventional. [1975–80]
Thesaurus
Adj.1.white-bread - of or belonging to or representative of the white middle class; "white-bread America"; "a white-bread college student"conventional - unimaginative and conformist; "conventional bourgeois lives"; "conventional attitudes"

white-bread


white-bread

Plain and boring. Can be offensive due to a possible reference to a certain class of white people. We need to swap out your white-bread wardrobe for something a lot more confident.

white-bread


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Words related to white-bread

adj of or belonging to or representative of the white middle class

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