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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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Like its across-the-street sibling, I Cavallini wears its coolness with total disregard, giving off not a whiff of snobbery or pretension: its charisma seems arisen, not cultivated.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
21 Sep. 2025
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DeVille suggests—quite fairly—that indie’s poptimist turn was sneaky snobbery, reactions against the popularity of groups like Mumford & Sons.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
29 Aug. 2025
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The series follows the fictional Holliday, a former star whose arrogance burned every bridge.—
JP Mangalindan,
Time,
30 Sep. 2025
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Blenkin told Variety in September 2025 that his character's laughter comes from arrogance.—
Christopher Rudolph,
PEOPLE,
24 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Interestingly, the base price for the GTS isn’t far off from what the original 2006 Cayman S retailed for, adjusted for inflation.—
Peter Nelson,
Robb Report,
1 Oct. 2025
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The measure, typically announced each October, adjusts the benefits Social Security recipients earn to counteract the effects of inflation.—
Solcyré Burga,
Time,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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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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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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There was some explanation for his elusiveness, quite apart from the everyday hauteur of the fashion industry.—
Rebecca Mead,
The New Yorker,
17 Mar. 2025
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“Snobbism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snobbism. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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