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as in arrogant
being or characteristic of a person who has an offensive air of superiority and tends to ignore or disdain anyone regarded as inferior
the restaurant's cuisine is truly superb, but the maître d's aristocratic demeanor is a bit much
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as in noble
of high birth, rank, or station
an impoverished dowager who never lets people forget about her aristocratic origins
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Recent Examples of aristocratic
After her Emmy win for Succession, Snook took home an Olivier for playing all 26 roles in this new adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s witty, haunting novel of vanity, aristocratic cruelty, and greed.
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Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
Born in 1906 in the strongly Catholic, conservative Veneto region, to a haut-bourgeois family with aristocratic ancestors on both sides, Buzzati started writing dreamlike fables in the Thirties, when Bontempelli’s magic realism helped shape the scene.
—Christopher Tayler, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
The Leopard stars Kim Rossi Stuart as the Prince of Salina, who becomes aware his aristocratic life is threatened by uprisings on the streets of 1860s Sicily.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 28 Dec. 2024
The novel tells the story of a young woman born into an aristocratic family in France in the 16th century.
—Vogue, 26 Dec. 2024
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Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
Born in 1906 in the strongly Catholic, conservative Veneto region, to a haut-bourgeois family with aristocratic ancestors on both sides, Buzzati started writing dreamlike fables in the Thirties, when Bontempelli’s magic realism helped shape the scene.
—Christopher Tayler, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
The Leopard stars Kim Rossi Stuart as the Prince of Salina, who becomes aware his aristocratic life is threatened by uprisings on the streets of 1860s Sicily.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 28 Dec. 2024
The novel tells the story of a young woman born into an aristocratic family in France in the 16th century.
—Vogue, 26 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aristocratic
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Julie Bowen and Christopher McDonald return as love interest Virginia Venit and arrogant rival Shooter McGavin, respectively, and the cast includes rookies like Bad Bunny, Travis Kelce and pro wrestler Maxwell Jacob Friedman.—
Brian Truitt,
USA TODAY,
17 Jan. 2025
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Those include genial second-year resident Dr. King (Taylor Dearden), arrogant intern Santos (Isa Briones), and doe-eyed med students Javadi (Shabana Azeez) and Whittaker (Gerran Howell).—
Ryan Schwartz,
TVLine,
9 Jan. 2025
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But as his latest shows, noble principles about the protection of wildlife and animals don’t automatically translate to a good screenplay or a watchable movie.—
Tomris Laffly,
Variety,
17 Jan. 2025
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For spring 2025, Loro Piana switched its focus from cashmere to linen, crowned as the noble fiber of the season.—
Luisa Zargani,
WWD,
16 Jan. 2025
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Comedians themselves are considered sort of high up in society, but not in a snobbish way.—
Justin Koreis,
Rolling Stone,
21 Dec. 2024
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The idea that classical music is isolated and its love excludes the love for other genres is a snobbish approach and has nothing to do with understanding the phenomenon of music.—
Mari Bolkvadze,
Billboard,
20 Dec. 2024
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The 2024 Presidential Greatness Project Expert Survey, which includes members of the American Political Science Association and other scholars, ranked Truman as the sixth greatest president of all time.—
Ewan Palmer,
Newsweek,
20 Jan. 2025
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Advertisement Rams Saquon Barkley continues to make history with one of the greatest seasons ever Jan. 19, 2025 After the Eagles’ first possession, which ended with a long touchdown run by quarterback Jalen Hurts, the stadium video board featured a shot of Verse, who was loudly booed.—
Gary Klein,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Jan. 2025
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Editors’ Picks Are These Shoes Hideous or Genius? Until the late 1980s, the Freedom Party was a small, elitist entity largely associated with certain nationalist university fraternities.—
Jim Tankersley,
New York Times,
8 Jan. 2025
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Between 2008 and 2011, on top of their hefty salaries and benefits, the elitist bureaucrats bagged more than $340 million in bonuses, which were not subject to budget cuts.—
K. Lloyd Billingsley,
Orange County Register,
8 Jan. 2025
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Copying artworks was a respectable pastime for middle- and upper-class Victorian women, though once again, Tissot leaves the narrative open to a suggestive analysis.—
Brigit Katz,
Smithsonian Magazine,
15 Jan. 2025
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In this early example of auto-fiction, Mishima offers a poetic analysis of his sentimental education as a young man whose sadomasochistic gay fantasies clash with the conventions of his upper-class upbringing.—
Ian Buruma,
The New Yorker,
9 Jan. 2025
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With a few snooty glances and snide rejoinders, Todd and Margo Chester — the Griswalds’ ultra-hip Chicago neighbors — epitomize the sort of detachment that’s too chilly for the holidays, too cold for friendship.—
Matthew Jacobs,
Vulture,
17 Dec. 2024
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After a snooty bank manager (Matt Oberg) rejects his application for a small business loan, Vince is disappointed but not surprised.—
EW Staff,
EW.com,
5 Dec. 2024
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Redmayne’s British accent also possesses a discernibly patrician quality, adding subconscious layers to what passers-by might assume about this particular old man.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
28 Nov. 2024
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Van Zweden has been a courteous concerto accompanist, and in January, with the pianist Rudolf Buchbinder, a soloist of patrician grace, Beethoven’s Fourth Concerto glowed, surging forward without feeling pressed.—
Zachary Woolfe,
New York Times,
7 June 2024
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“Aristocratic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aristocratic. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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