snobbery
noun
snob·bery
ˈsnä-b(ə-)rē 
plural snobberies
1
: snobbish conduct or character : snobbishness
2
: an instance of snobbery
Examples of snobbery in a Sentence
the snobbery of some wine connoisseurs
Recent Examples on the Web
This breaking down of the snobbery so pervasive among wine connoisseurs is a common theme throughout Fried’s 1974 book.
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Kristen Hartke, Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2024
The approachable tone, and the selection of films discussed, removes any sense of snobbery that some readers may associate with film criticism.
—Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
The artist’s grandson Len Sobel — whose donation of five works to the Menil in 2020, spurred the museum to stage their exhibition, which includes around 30 paintings and drawings in total — sees obvious signs of misogyny and patriarchal snobbery.
—Helen Stoilas, CNN, 1 Apr. 2024
She and her family are welcomed by the queen, Isabelle (Robin Wright, gorgeously cloaked in robes, power and snobbery), and her fiancé, Prince Henry (Nick Robinson), who looks oddly sheepish, as if he’d been caught in a lie on his Royal Match profile.
—Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 8 Mar. 2024
To me, the statement is filled with condescension and snobbery, implying a lower status to the receiver.
—Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024
Still, every record store worker who spoke with Rolling Stone has been widely embracing of the pop wave not just from sales but from a cultural standpoint, a rejection of the sort of elitism that can still be associated with vinyl culture snobbery.
—Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 6 Mar. 2024
Listeners who are willing to suspend their disbelief and/or decades of Dylan snobbery might just find that the record offers plenty of magic for the holidays.
—EW.com, 16 Nov. 2023
Before the nominations, there were whispers that snobbery would derail the film’s Oscar hopes, but the results show some puzzlement on the part of Academy voters.
—Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2024
Kristen Hartke, Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2024
The approachable tone, and the selection of films discussed, removes any sense of snobbery that some readers may associate with film criticism.
—Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
The artist’s grandson Len Sobel — whose donation of five works to the Menil in 2020, spurred the museum to stage their exhibition, which includes around 30 paintings and drawings in total — sees obvious signs of misogyny and patriarchal snobbery.
—Helen Stoilas, CNN, 1 Apr. 2024
She and her family are welcomed by the queen, Isabelle (Robin Wright, gorgeously cloaked in robes, power and snobbery), and her fiancé, Prince Henry (Nick Robinson), who looks oddly sheepish, as if he’d been caught in a lie on his Royal Match profile.
—Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 8 Mar. 2024
To me, the statement is filled with condescension and snobbery, implying a lower status to the receiver.
—Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024
Still, every record store worker who spoke with Rolling Stone has been widely embracing of the pop wave not just from sales but from a cultural standpoint, a rejection of the sort of elitism that can still be associated with vinyl culture snobbery.
—Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 6 Mar. 2024
Listeners who are willing to suspend their disbelief and/or decades of Dylan snobbery might just find that the record offers plenty of magic for the holidays.
—EW.com, 16 Nov. 2023
Before the nominations, there were whispers that snobbery would derail the film’s Oscar hopes, but the results show some puzzlement on the part of Academy voters.
—Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2024
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snobbery
noun
snob·bery
ˈsnäb-(ə-)rē
: snobbish conduct
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