snobbery

noun

Definition of snobberynext
as in arrogance
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

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Recent Examples of snobbery The film is a go-for-broke expression of wild imagination and social consciousness that’s impossible not to admire for its wacky, bold vision, with teleporting, high fashion snobbery and pyramid schemes. — ABC News, 20 May 2026 Fridays bring themed classes, courses high on intel and low on snobbery. — Chris Malloy, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 Apr. 2026 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. — 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 See All Example Sentences for snobbery
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  1. arrogance
  2. attitude
  3. snobbishness
  4. superiority
  5. snobbism
  6. disdain
  7. side
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  • Aemond, too, for that matter, while Daemon’s arrogance continues to get Team Black into all sorts of predicaments.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • But the league’s own research found that what reads as charisma in Dallas can land as arrogance in Düsseldorf.
    — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of arrogance
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  • Due to multiple malfunctions in the LINK spacecraft's attitude control system, space engineers have decided to abandon the boost attempt.
    — David Szondy August 20, New Atlas, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Asked about Fernandez’s future in a press conference to preview Chelsea’s clash with Fulham at Craven Cottage on Monday, Alonso praised the Argentina international’s quality and attitude in training at Cobham without giving a definitive response.
    — Liam Twomey, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
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  • There’s a snobbishness to that kind of comment, which doesn’t make any sense to me.
    — Sharon Coolidge, Cincinnati Enquirer, 4 Mar. 2025
Definition of snobbishness
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  • Across a few overs, Cox was guilty of trying to steer a fifth stump line into the leg side, drawn in by the vacant space, but also his own apparent superiority over the bowler.
    — Ben Jones, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Unlike his predecessors, Fedorov publicly laid out a strategy to defeat Russia through attrition and technological superiority.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of superiority
Noun
  • Of course, culture shock works the other way around, too, and the image of Southerners who venture to the cold, bitter North for college only to be met by cultural snobbism and insulting assumptions about their identities is itself a stereotype.
    — Nicole LaPorte, Town & Country, 2 Oct. 2022
  • The pant and skirt suits in particular, along with the nearly all-black palette, reminded me of the snobbism of fashion in the 1990s and early 2000s, especially in New York, when to wear colors and prints was considered gauche.
    — Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR, 23 May 2022
Definition of snobbism
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  • But her comments and obvious disdain for me are not good for my self-esteem.
    — Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2026
  • In the interview last week, Knight continued to make no effort to hide his disdain for Davis.
    — Sasha Pezenik, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of disdain
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  • Zeno Power Systems will fly its Survive-the-Night Package aboard an existing Blue Ghost mission to the Moon’s near side.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Jimer Fory, on the left side of the area, ran onto a ball-ahead from Velde and played a first-touch cross to a charging Lassiter for a rising finish from point-blank range that gave the Timbers a 2-1 lead in the 51st.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of side

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