snobbery
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6.3
- noun
- /ˈsnɑːbəri/
- Offensive
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snobismo
- His snobbery makes it difficult for him to connect with people from different backgrounds.
But as it stands, political snobbery within the Commons is a virus.
- But as it stands, political snobbery within the Commons is a virus.
- But we also know that in the grand snobbery sweepstakes of prestigious American colleges, grad school doesn't really count.
- This may come out as snobbery devaluation.
- So that's not Max snobbery, that's just, I mean that's just what it is.
- And essentially, we've seen the RE emergence or maybe it was always there of outright snobbery, right?
- She dies and the narrator says, shall I confess that move by the sincerest of Augustinian Argentinian passions snobbery.
Examples
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It's really insufferable snobbery.
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I can't stand snobbery or snobbish attitudes of any kind.
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Your snobbery stops you seeing anything good about anybody.
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I think my personal area of snobbery is that I do like armies to be painted.
Blog text (7) -
You British don't have a monopoly on snobbery, you know.
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There is a tremendous snobbery built into the whole project, the idea that you are part of the elite which should decide how the little people live their lives.
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People like my cousin selected their memories with snobbery, conveniently forgetting anyone or anything they considered beneath them.
Fiction book (2002) -
Thus, once-authentic rituals such as the tea ceremony are transformed into acts of pure snobbery.
Academic text (2000) -
Her opinion columns are embarrassing examples of smug Canadian snobbery dressed up as conservatism.
Blog text (29) -
They're accustomed to the finest, and I hate the thought of enduring their snobbery as they slum here in the hinterlands.
Fiction book (1995)
Synonyms
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6.1
Acting or feeling that you are better than other people and making them feel small
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7.9
An attitude that shows someone feels more important than others
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7.9
A way of acting that shows you think you are better than other people
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7.5
A way of thinking that makes you feel better than others and makes you treat them as less important
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7.4
A way of behaving like you are better than other people because of money or class
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8.4
Being someone who thinks they are better than people with less money or social position and looks down on them
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8.1
A way of behaving that shows you think you are better than other people
Behaving as if you are better than other people
A feeling that you are better than other people
Treating people as if they are less smart or important
Acting as if more important or better than other people
A way of acting as if one is better than other people
Antonyms
How Snobby
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Snobbery comes from snob, which long ago meant 'shoemaker' or 'common person' but later came to mean someone who cares a lot about 'social class' and looks down on others, and you can also see the same root in snobby. That's why snobbery is the attitude of people who think they are better than others.