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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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Yet, this was not merely a victory over France’s formidable wine snobbery.
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Johnny Noakes, Hartford Courant, 20 May 2024
Of course, wineries will still have to contend with overcoming consumer reluctance and lingering snobbery over alternative packaging.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 23 Apr. 2024
But after a decade or more of Game of Thrones, The Mandalorian, WandaVision, and Andor making themselves at home among the Emmy nominees, that snobbery no longer applies.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 20 Apr. 2024
Yet even at her most severe, Eliot never stooped to simple snobbery.
—Emily Harnett, Harper's Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024
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Johnny Noakes, Hartford Courant, 20 May 2024
Of course, wineries will still have to contend with overcoming consumer reluctance and lingering snobbery over alternative packaging.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 23 Apr. 2024
But after a decade or more of Game of Thrones, The Mandalorian, WandaVision, and Andor making themselves at home among the Emmy nominees, that snobbery no longer applies.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 20 Apr. 2024
Yet even at her most severe, Eliot never stooped to simple snobbery.
—Emily Harnett, Harper's Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024
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The arrogance and self-importance are off the charts.Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 14 Oct. 2024
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My arrogance and chronic distraction has created wreckage.Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 3 Oct. 2024
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The moment the baby died, the attitude of the chimps utterly changed, from panic to curiosity.Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
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During these visits, CMOs can better understand habits, attitudes, and an unfiltered reality that can enhance their marketing plans.Isaac Mizrahi, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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Tanton was also drawing closer to Jared Taylor, whose writings about the superiority of white people had earned him a zealous following.Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 19 Oct. 2024
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Regardless, the group's surviving members are still fighting in Gaza despite the ravaging of the strip and Israel's mammoth military superiority.David Brennan, ABC News, 8 Oct. 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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Suffering under the weight of her mother’s disdain, Tita takes refuge in the kitchen alongside Nacha, who becomes a surrogate mom to her.Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 3 Nov. 2024
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This kind of disdain can make even conservatives who are on the fence for Trump vote for him anyway.Nicole Russell, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2024
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Multiple 911 callers originally reported this as a vehicle fire on southbound I-71 on the Cincinnati side of the bridge at 3:20 a.m. Cincinnati fire officials said crews found a large outdoor fire at Sawyer Point Park involving the playset area.Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 2 Nov. 2024
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These fact-checking systems have faced headwinds from all sides of the political spectrum.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Snobbery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snobbery. Accessed 10 Nov. 2024.
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