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
Sir! Magazine wants to go back to basics in offering men advice and ideas without the snobbery of high fashion magazines that are dictated by advertisers.
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Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 28 Apr. 2025
Elite food-world snobbery against big, bustling restaurants.
—Dwight Garner, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
Simon, factory worker and Bragg aficionado, makes explicit the class politics and snobbery that bubble beneath the play’s surface.
—Demetrios Matheou, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2025
Great staff, great selection, not a lick of snobbery.
—Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2025
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Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 28 Apr. 2025
Elite food-world snobbery against big, bustling restaurants.
—Dwight Garner, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
Simon, factory worker and Bragg aficionado, makes explicit the class politics and snobbery that bubble beneath the play’s surface.
—Demetrios Matheou, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2025
Great staff, great selection, not a lick of snobbery.
—Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for snobbery
Noun
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This arrogance is not just limited to tech titans.—
Christian Josi,
Boston Herald,
31 Aug. 2025
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These traits do not always show up as arrogance.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
28 Aug. 2025
Noun
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This yuckster attitude was apparently contagious, because Gray herself got in on the act on a day in which she was scheduled to kiss the young hunk Christopher Atkins, who had a recurring role for one season as a camp counselor.—
Jordan Hoffman,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Sep. 2025
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His hands-on approach and demanding attitude combines with high popularity.—
Steve Denning,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Early birds have long basked in the glory of health superiority, sometimes even tinged with a hit of moral righteousness.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
4 Sep. 2025
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For DeMuth, the goal is not only technical superiority but national strategic advantage.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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
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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
Noun
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Rollins challenged the Brooks Family to a match at Wrestlepalooza, much to Becky’s disdain.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Trump’s disdain for foreign-policy precedent and erratic flip-flops will continue to open opportunities for Xi and Putin to expand their global influence at Washington’s expense.—
Michael Schuman,
The Atlantic,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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One strong gust of wind can be enough to flip one of these trailers onto its side.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Even rarer these days is a repeater that does not show its gongs and hammers on the dial side.—
Carol Besler,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Snobbery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snobbery. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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