disapproving
: the behavior or attitude of people who think they are better than other people : the behavior or attitude of snobs
the snobbery of some wine connoisseurs
(chiefly US) By a kind of reverse snobbery, he hated people from educated families and bragged about his working-class relatives.
(Brit) inverted snobbery
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“Snobbery.” Merriam-Webster.com Simple Definition, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/simple/snobbery. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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