Glossary entry

Nederlands term or phrase:

Burgerlijke bekrompenheid

Engels translation:

narrow-minded bourgeois attitude

Added to glossary by balohan
Mar 11, 2005 15:09
19 yrs ago
Nederlands term

Burgerlijke bekrompenheid

Nederlands naar Engels Overig Kunst, kunstnijverheid, schilderkunst
En hoewel de figuren die Elias weergeeft niet zelden van een burgerlijke bekrompenheid lijken te zijn, leidt dat niet tot het sarcasme en het perverse maatschappijbeeld dat we enkele jaren later in de kunst van Pjeroo Roobjee zullen aantreffen

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narrow-minded bourgeois attitude

That would be one way to say it.

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Note added at 25 mins (2005-03-11 15:35:36 GMT)
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\"suburban conventionality\" is another option
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agree Tina Vonhof (X) : with your first option; the second option may be too 'modern'.
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agree Mirjam Bonne-Nollen
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agree Siobhan Schoonhoff-Reilly
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agree Hilde Hoven
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narrow-minded people

would that fit?
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middle-class prejudice

Another option

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Note added at 1 hr 36 mins (2005-03-11 16:46:18 GMT)
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or insularity perhaps
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shortsighted citizens

might work
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