snobbishness

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Noun
  • Simon, factory worker and Bragg aficionado, makes explicit the class politics and snobbery that bubble beneath the play’s surface.
    Demetrios Matheou, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2025
  • Great staff, great selection, not a lick of snobbery.
    Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • There was a kind of a snobbism about it.
    Julian Sancton, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 May 2022
  • 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
Noun
  • Most are due to unnecessary escalation, creating disengagement, authoritative behaviors, arrogance and ego.
    Joao Mendes-Roter, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Musk’s casual Friday attire just shows his arrogance and disrespect for American government.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 19 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The fall came amid a slumping stock market and uncertainty around inflation and President Trump’s tariffs.
    Eli Tan, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Following the auto tariffs, J.P. Morgan raised its core PCE inflation estimate this year to 3.1% from 2.8%.
    Lucia Mutikani, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Fortunately, Ruth has an elegant hauteur to call on in these situations.
    Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2025
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