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Recent Examples of snobbishness
There’s a snobbishness to that kind of comment, which doesn’t make any sense to me.
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Sharon Coolidge, Cincinnati Enquirer, 4 Mar. 2025
Sharon Coolidge, Cincinnati Enquirer, 4 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snobbishness
Noun
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And according to The Daily Mail there’s some snobbery involved.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
26 Jan. 2026
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On a roll, the next stop was Lupo for happy hour—a bright Italian joint that felt swanky without snobbery.—
Lauren Breedlove,
Travel + Leisure,
12 Dec. 2025
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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
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Miami, Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach take turns transforming into floating marketplaces — docks converted to catwalks, hulls polished to reflective arrogance, sales reps who can quote fuel burn like yacht owners care about costs.—
Eric Barton,
Sun Sentinel,
4 Jan. 2026
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College football is awash in problems, including the Big Ten’s unrivaled arrogance, and its never-ending list of demands that would make Notre Dame blush.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
1 Jan. 2026
Noun
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However, in the wrong hands, being silent can signal disdain and superciliousness.—
Matteo Atti,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Pearl revels in wickedness, presenting a literary world in which a successful writer’s haughtiness is both encouraged and rewarded.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
15 Dec. 2025
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Love this imperiousness aimed at doctors from a hospital bed.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
21 Nov. 2025
Noun
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In Japan, intergenerational wealth transfers amid inflation and high debt-to-GDP ratios could drive younger generations toward gold.—
Sean Lee,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Experts say several factors have driven the sharp rise over the past year, including persistent concerns about inflation, ongoing global conflicts, and the possibility of interest-rate cuts by the Federal Reserve.—
Brady Halbleib,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Rosamund Pike, playing the spirit of loving filthy lucre over life itself, elevates a standard villain through the high timing of her theatrical hauteur.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
11 Nov. 2025
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The kitchen borrowed the ingredient worship of Chez Panisse, but not its reverence for simplicity; the fancy culture-mash pizza of Spago, but not its Eurocentric hauteur; the cheffy precision of the French Laundry, but not its fussy formality.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2025
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“Snobbishness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snobbishness. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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