snobbishness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for snobbishness
Noun
  • Is there any reason for using French besides pure snobbery?
    Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 3 Feb. 2025
  • Grab Lunch at a Different Kind of Country Club Poor Man’s Country Club isn’t serving up any snobbery, but rather seafood and other plates in a no-fuss atmosphere that’s been there for almost 20 years.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 1 Feb. 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
  • Payton approached the quarterback vacancy with arrogance.
    Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 21 Feb. 2025
  • How narcissism and exclusion fuel one another Narcissists often display disruptive behaviors in social settings, such as aggression or arrogance, that increase the likelihood of others distancing themselves over time.
    Julianna Bragg, CNN, 20 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Trump, who took office on January 20, campaigned heavily on the economy, vowing to reduce inflation and impose tariffs on some of the country's closest trading partners like Mexico and Canada, citing concerns over drugs, immigration, and trade deficits.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 8 Feb. 2025
  • His tariffs and immigration crackdown could push up prices, potentially rekindling the inflation that turned many U.S. voters against President Joe Biden and helped return Trump to the White House.
    COMPILED BYDEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFFFROM WIRE REPORTS, arkansasonline.com, 8 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Fortunately, Ruth has an elegant hauteur to call on in these situations.
    Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2025
  • They are written with a thuggish hauteur, as if Pacino’s Tony ‘Scarface’ Montana had been transplanted to the world of music promotion – all machismo and ultimatums.
    Martin McKenzie-Murray, SPIN, 7 Jan. 2025
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