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
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Perhaps this means that resistance to hype is not snobbery but identity management—a need for differentiation that gets triggered when a person believes their autonomy is under threat.
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Anna Holmes, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2026
So much of your career, especially early on, has been about pushing into these spaces that were traditionally closed off due to race, age, or artistic snobbery.
—Jason Newman, Rolling Stone, 10 Mar. 2026
The two-story house became the tiny town’s version of a ski resort, sans the steep prices and upper-crust snobbery.
—Zak Keefer, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2026
His paranoia, his self-loathing, his snobbery, his thwarted artistic ambitions, his inability to relate to people — it all gets swirled up into this cuckoo attempt to effectively destroy everything around him.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2026
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Anna Holmes, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2026
So much of your career, especially early on, has been about pushing into these spaces that were traditionally closed off due to race, age, or artistic snobbery.
—Jason Newman, Rolling Stone, 10 Mar. 2026
The two-story house became the tiny town’s version of a ski resort, sans the steep prices and upper-crust snobbery.
—Zak Keefer, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2026
His paranoia, his self-loathing, his snobbery, his thwarted artistic ambitions, his inability to relate to people — it all gets swirled up into this cuckoo attempt to effectively destroy everything around him.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2026
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“Snobbery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snobbery. Accessed 18 Mar. 2026.
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snobbery
noun
snob·bery
ˈsnäb-(ə-)rē
: snobbish conduct
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