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
Or maybe a bit of snobbery has set in after all these years of the tills-ringing Premier League.
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Daniel Taylor, The Athletic, 28 Aug. 2024
Game of Thrones pushed the genre snobbery toward fantasy.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
But actually, in the world of snobbery and class, that isn’t real.
—Mark Peikert, IndieWire, 29 Oct. 2024
This is a film about art, about pride, about snobbery.
—Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Sep. 2024
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Daniel Taylor, The Athletic, 28 Aug. 2024
Game of Thrones pushed the genre snobbery toward fantasy.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
But actually, in the world of snobbery and class, that isn’t real.
—Mark Peikert, IndieWire, 29 Oct. 2024
This is a film about art, about pride, about snobbery.
—Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for snobbery
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Kudos are also due Christian Probst as a prince without a drop of royal arrogance.Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 12 Dec. 2024
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Barack Obama came across to his foes as the principle of arrogance.Philip Elliott, TIME, 11 Dec. 2024
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He is paired with Barbara Havers (Sofia Barclay), a sergeant with a maverick attitude and a working-class background.Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Dec. 2024
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Such carnage was understandably unpleasant for some viewers — even ones who sympathize with the series’ eat-the-rich attitude — and Season 2 continues to choose violence.Ben Travers, IndieWire, 26 Dec. 2024
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Vegetables too to some extent, although the jury seems in on the superiority of roasted root vegetables with their crispy, caramelized edges.Stacey Lastoe, Southern Living, 24 Nov. 2024
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Russian troops have been leveraging their numerical superiority to intensify pressure on Ukrainian defenses.David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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There was a kind of a snobbism about it.Julian Sancton, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 May 2022
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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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Kenny said investigators were looking into an accident that injured Mangione's back and sent him to an emergency room in July 2023 and were studying his writings about his disdain for the U.S. health care system.Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
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Since that time, Musk has repeatedly expressed his disdain for the SEC.Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 13 Dec. 2024
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During this procedure, individual hair follicles are removed from the donor area, which is often the back or sides of the scalp and transplanted to areas where baldness or hair thinning is present.Kyle J. Russell, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
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With a limited menu of chicken tenders, a few sandwiches and a small handful of sides, the KFC spinoff brings new flavors to the table in the form of dipping and sipping.Mary Walrath-Holdridge, The Courier-Journal, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Snobbery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snobbery. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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