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Recent Examples of snobbism
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.
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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
There was a kind of a snobbism about it.
—Julian Sancton, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 May 2022
Is it inverted snobbism of some kind on my part, or some sort of a dishonesty in approach?
—Sarah Cowan, The New York Review of Books, 10 Oct. 2020
And all such commercial transactions were interlaced with snobbism.
—Willard Spiegelman, WSJ, 9 Aug. 2018
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
There was a kind of a snobbism about it.
—Julian Sancton, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 May 2022
Is it inverted snobbism of some kind on my part, or some sort of a dishonesty in approach?
—Sarah Cowan, The New York Review of Books, 10 Oct. 2020
And all such commercial transactions were interlaced with snobbism.
—Willard Spiegelman, WSJ, 9 Aug. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snobbism
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Fridays bring themed classes, courses high on intel and low on snobbery.—
Chris Malloy,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
14 Apr. 2026
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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
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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
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The doctor further explained that the traits of a narcissist encompass low empathy, arrogance, entitlement, grandiosity and pathological selfishness.—
Brie Stimson,
FOXNews.com,
26 Apr. 2026
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They both, in a good way, reek of confidence – not arrogance but confidence.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
26 Apr. 2026
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The first Gulf War, in 1991, doubled oil prices and sparked inflation.—
Sudarsan Raghavan,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2026
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While they are all expected to leave interest rates unchanged, investors are keen to know how officials view the inflation threat posed by the oil shock stemming from the US-Iran conflict.—
Ashutosh Joshi,
Bloomberg,
27 Apr. 2026
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However, in the wrong hands, being silent can signal disdain and superciliousness.—
Matteo Atti,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Love this imperiousness aimed at doctors from a hospital bed.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
21 Nov. 2025
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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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Often, though, the band drops the hauteur to reveal a surprising kind of kookiness.—
Jesse Dorris,
Pitchfork,
2 Apr. 2026
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Ted is a cartoon creep with an Oxbridge hauteur, but Theo’s shortcomings may be too subtly rendered for a play that cries out for more definition.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb. 2026
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“Snobbism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snobbism. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.
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