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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
On Tuesday night, members of the upper chamber dropped objections to legislation passed by the House of Commons ousting dozens of dukes, earls and viscounts who inherited seats in Parliament along with their aristocratic titles.
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Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2026
But unlike the studio’s other aristocratic models, Oldoini went on to collaborate with Pierre-Louis Pierson for close to forty years.
—Anika Burgess, New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2026
There is nothing more aristocratic in England than having the title, the connections, the invitations, and absolutely no money at all.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2026
Martha had no interest in Franco’s aristocratic, fascist Nationalists.
—Literary Hub, 24 Feb. 2026
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Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2026
But unlike the studio’s other aristocratic models, Oldoini went on to collaborate with Pierre-Louis Pierson for close to forty years.
—Anika Burgess, New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2026
There is nothing more aristocratic in England than having the title, the connections, the invitations, and absolutely no money at all.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2026
Martha had no interest in Franco’s aristocratic, fascist Nationalists.
—Literary Hub, 24 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aristocratic
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The rabbi is ornery, arrogant, sometimes cruel.—
Daniel Felsenthal,
Vulture,
26 Mar. 2026
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Those leaders who ignore or flout the law aren’t merely unethical but fatally arrogant, putting their childish willfulness over the wisdom of generations.—
David Brooks,
The Atlantic,
25 Mar. 2026
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Set the scene Set back from Via del Corso, one of Rome’s main arteries, this former noble palazzo, the 15th-century Palazzo Salviati Cesi Mellini, was also a bank before its present incarnation.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
31 Mar. 2026
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In the 20th century dozens of movies chronicled their adventures, with each era casting its leading man as the noble, brave and loyal, leading musketeer.—
Eleanor Beardsley,
NPR,
30 Mar. 2026
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The anti-pop animus of classic rock criticism reflected nothing so much as a neurotic puritanism, or maybe just a snobbish inability to hear the deep beauty of pop.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
29 Mar. 2026
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And Alexander Hamilton gets slightly better press than the other two, but he is shown as someone who is brilliant, but self-seeking, arrogant, snobbish, contemptuous of others, and profoundly two-faced.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
25 Mar. 2026
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But simply naming the great fear and sharing it with the millions of watchers in living rooms and hotels and airport lobbies was a trial almost too painful to contemplate.—
Vinson Cunningham,
New Yorker,
1 Apr. 2026
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No substitutions for prize except by Sponsor, in which case a prize of equal or greater value will be substituted.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 Apr. 2026
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Not in a precious or elitist way, but with the same keen sense of discernment that seasoned improvisers like her have to use when deciding which instincts to trust.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
20 Mar. 2026
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Through favors and coercion, both couples vie for the approval of the elitist club’s Korean billionaire owner, Chairwoman Park (Youn Yuh-hung), who struggles to manage her own scandal involving her second husband, Doctor Kim (Song Kang-ho).—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
12 Mar. 2026
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These were professional, white, middle- and upper-class evangelical women from suburban congregations.—
Ed Gaskin,
Boston Herald,
29 Mar. 2026
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Daniel Cady, who served a term in Congress, delighted in his daughter’s precociousness, though her particular kind of aggressive intelligence was not encouraged among women of their upper-class milieu.—
Moira Donegan,
New Yorker,
13 Mar. 2026
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Tommy is on a one-man sub-baking, mayo-squirting, cheese-melting mission to convert London’s snooty sandwich-nibblers to hearty American sub-munchers.—
Dominic Green,
The Washington Examiner,
20 Mar. 2026
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Real New Yorkers are far too snooty to see Chicago.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Mar. 2026
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Editorials dissected how to achieve the brand’s traditional, patrician look, while TikTok and Instagram filled with home décor hauls inspired by the label’s timeless Americana.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
9 Feb. 2026
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As the band’s patrician, party-animal bassist, however, Roberts is quite lively, though her subplot takes a backseat to the film’s other story lines.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
10 Oct. 2025
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