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as in arrogant
being or characteristic of a person who has an offensive air of superiority and tends to ignore or disdain anyone regarded as inferior
the restaurant's cuisine is truly superb, but the maître d's aristocratic demeanor is a bit much
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as in noble
of high birth, rank, or station
an impoverished dowager who never lets people forget about her aristocratic origins
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Recent Examples of aristocratic
Gentile da Foligno in Perugia Italy was one of the few regions in Latin Christendom where physicians organized into guilds in the fourteenth century and thus routinely treated the general populace, rather than merely the wealthier mercantile and aristocratic classes.
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Literary Hub, 27 May 2026
The couple, who went public with their relationship in 2024, swore eternal love in Arizona during a very intimate ceremony away from English castles and aristocratic residences.
—Laura Scafati, Vanity Fair, 19 May 2026
Seafaring Ligurians, Roman imperialists, Genoese shipbuilders, and aristocratic health seekers had all trodden its sands before.
—Nick Scott, Robb Report, 17 May 2026
This isn't the first time Lord and Lady Bath have made aristocratic history.
—Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 14 May 2026
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Literary Hub, 27 May 2026
The couple, who went public with their relationship in 2024, swore eternal love in Arizona during a very intimate ceremony away from English castles and aristocratic residences.
—Laura Scafati, Vanity Fair, 19 May 2026
Seafaring Ligurians, Roman imperialists, Genoese shipbuilders, and aristocratic health seekers had all trodden its sands before.
—Nick Scott, Robb Report, 17 May 2026
This isn't the first time Lord and Lady Bath have made aristocratic history.
—Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 14 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aristocratic
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The tension between the two boils over into a confrontation which only Eisenhower can adjudicate, a task complicated by his own arrogant British subordinate, a wiry and dislikable General Bernard Montgomery - played with a villainous verve bordering on the pantomime by Damian Lewis.—
Daniel Jonah Wolpert,
NPR,
29 May 2026
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Public policy decisions always need to strive for middle ground, and those leadership decisions often referred to as arrogant can just as easily be called principled leadership.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
23 May 2026
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Refusing to play politics doesn’t make a leader more noble or ethical.—
Harrison Monarth,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
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These are noble goals, worthy of American leadership and support.—
Peter Lucas,
Boston Herald,
30 May 2026
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Until the start of the seventies and especially throughout the fifties, Fiedler was discerning without being snobbish, avant-garde without being faddish.—
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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That rationale extends to my loungewear taste, which my friends would call particularly snobbish.—
Annie Blackman,
InStyle,
11 Apr. 2026
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Monroe’s image-making Monroe always had greater agency over her still images than her moving images, which were largely determined by the film studios and directors.—
Sheena McKenzie,
CNN Money,
3 June 2026
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In performance and direction, and in the small ways in which Caswell and Wills have plotted out this isolated love story, there’s a level of great richness and detail.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
3 June 2026
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But no, the competition is more elitist than ever.—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
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There was even one elitist host who fronts the least funny talk show on television — and to prove that point decided to devote an entire laugh-free segment on my column.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
18 May 2026
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Built up in the 1870s as a resort for nuclear families, Fire Island was destroyed by a hurricane in the 1930s, which quickly chased away its upper-class vacationers.—
Air Mail,
Air Mail,
23 May 2026
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Her detective Lord Peter Wimsey was usually to be found in the upper-class households and clubs that defined a certain strata of English society in the 1920s and 1930s.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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Drag stars Ginger Minj and Jujubee climb abroad as train attendants who tangle with the snooty first-class crew.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
23 May 2026
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The snooty pooches will premiere on the streamer in late January/early February for the 151st showing of the best-in-class Best in Show-bestower.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
13 May 2026
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Raised in the patrician circles of New York, Sister Parish opened her firm, in 1933 after her family’s fortunes declined following the 1929 market crash.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
22 May 2026
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For patrician statesmen, grandeur is usually understated, radiating restraint rather than gawk-inspiring shows of brazen wealth.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Fortune,
13 Apr. 2026
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“Aristocratic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aristocratic. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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