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
Noun
  • However, confidence can quickly turn into arrogance, so remember to stay grounded.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 29 July 2026
  • The combination of arrogance and doctored intelligence that led the United States and its allies into the 2003 Iraq War is almost made for Hollywood.
    — David Faris, TheWeek, 27 July 2026
Definition of arrogance
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  • The early Olympic movement reinforced those same attitudes by barring women from major track and field events altogether.
    — Lindsey Darvin, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • Agazero’s new take on the genre retains a similarly ambivalent attitude toward the dancefloor.
    — Amanda Cavalcanti, Pitchfork, 31 July 2026
Definition of attitude
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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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  • It is intended to replace the F-22 Raptor, which entered service in 2005 and remains one of the world’s most capable air-superiority fighters.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 31 July 2026
  • Maresca’s football, fundamentally, is based on finding the free man and creating numerical superiorities in different areas of the pitch, and the City players are well used to that after their time with Guardiola.
    — Sam Lee, New York Times, 30 July 2026
Definition of superiority
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  • 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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  • There is a disdain for mainstream filmmaking and that contempt comes off the page reading that review.
    — Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2026
  • On the other side of the AI-reasoning fence, the disdain seems to be mutual.
    — John Pavlus, Quanta Magazine, 31 July 2026
Definition of disdain
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  • Anyone listed here as a wide receiver, defensive back or athlete is a two-way player, about as good on either side of the ball.
    — Todd Holcomb, AJC.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • More than 4,000 people have been killed by Israeli strikes in Lebanon since then, including hundreds of civilians About 40 soldiers and three civilians - including a military contractor - have been killed on the Israeli side.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026
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