snobbishness
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7.4
- noun
- /ˈsnɑːbɪʃnəs/
- Offensive
:
snobismo
- His constant snobbishness made it difficult for him to make genuine friends.
Examples
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She couldn't hide her snobbishness towards anyone who didn't have an Ivy League education.
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It did not have the old American history and snobbishness of Harvard.
Fiction book (1992) -
In the halls of my university (right here in Florida), a certain snobbishness against this culture persisted.
Blog text (12) -
If she sometimes displayed an unexpected degree of snobbishness, she was down-to-earth in the things that mattered.
Fiction book (1998) -
The concerns about "inbreeding," "isolation," "pressure," and "snobbishness," previously raised in regard to the accelerated program, were now associated with enriched classes.
Academic text (1990) -
While many art professionals viewed the cultural fight in terms of protecting artistic freedom and First Amendment rights, most Americans saw it as being about excesses in artists' behavior and arts institutional snobbishness concerning the public's right to know and to challenge the appropriateness and moral tone of some publicly supported art.
Academic text (1996) -
Non-whites have avoided the GOP in droves due to a perception of bigotry, snobbishness, and exclusivity promoted by the Party itself and recently exemplified by the condescending concept of the 47%.
Blog text (11) -
The snobbishness exhibited at the gala made many guests uncomfortable.
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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6.3
An attitude of thinking you are better than others because of wealth or class
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7.7
Acting like you are more important or more educated than you really are
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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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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
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8.1
Rude behavior that shows you think you are better than others
Behaving as if you are better than other people
A way of acting as if one is better than other people
Acting as if more important or better than other people
A feeling that you are better than other people
Treating people as if they are less smart or important
Antonyms
How Snobby
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Snobbishness comes from snob (a person who looks down on others) plus the endings -ish and -ness, which give the idea 'having the quality of'. A helpful way to remember it is to picture someone acting like they are 'better than others', and that is why snobbishness means behaving as if you are superior.