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Conforming to a safe, middle class lifestyle but with the superficial pretense of an alternative or Bohemian lifestyle. > People who live in Stoke Newington or read The Guardian may like to believe they maintain the valu…

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  1. class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/conforming">Conforming to a safe, class="def-link" href="https://vividlex.com/word/middle">middle class lifestyle but with the superficial pretense of an alternative or Bohemian lifestyle. > People who live in Stoke Newington or read The Guardian may like to believe they maintain the values of their radical student days but the shallowness of their fauxhemian conceit would quickly be revealed if they were expected to sacrifice some aspect of their comfortable lives.