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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Yet, this was not merely a victory over France’s formidable wine snobbery.
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Johnny Noakes, Hartford Courant, 20 May 2024
Of course, wineries will still have to contend with overcoming consumer reluctance and lingering snobbery over alternative packaging.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 23 Apr. 2024
But after a decade or more of Game of Thrones, The Mandalorian, WandaVision, and Andor making themselves at home among the Emmy nominees, that snobbery no longer applies.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 20 Apr. 2024
Yet even at her most severe, Eliot never stooped to simple snobbery.
—Emily Harnett, Harper's Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024
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Johnny Noakes, Hartford Courant, 20 May 2024
Of course, wineries will still have to contend with overcoming consumer reluctance and lingering snobbery over alternative packaging.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 23 Apr. 2024
But after a decade or more of Game of Thrones, The Mandalorian, WandaVision, and Andor making themselves at home among the Emmy nominees, that snobbery no longer applies.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 20 Apr. 2024
Yet even at her most severe, Eliot never stooped to simple snobbery.
—Emily Harnett, Harper's Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024
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snobbery
noun
snob·bery
ˈsnäb-(ə-)rē
: snobbish conduct
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