as in snobbery
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Recent Examples of snobbism
There was a kind of a snobbism about it.
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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
Is it inverted snobbism of some kind on my part, or some sort of a dishonesty in approach?
—Sarah Cowan, The New York Review of Books, 10 Oct. 2020
The pant and skirt suits in particular, along with the nearly all-black palette, reminded me of the snobbism of fashion in the 1990s and early 2000s, especially in New York, when to wear colors and prints was considered gauche.
—Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR, 23 May 2022
And all such commercial transactions were interlaced with snobbism.
—Willard Spiegelman, WSJ, 9 Aug. 2018
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
Is it inverted snobbism of some kind on my part, or some sort of a dishonesty in approach?
—Sarah Cowan, The New York Review of Books, 10 Oct. 2020
The pant and skirt suits in particular, along with the nearly all-black palette, reminded me of the snobbism of fashion in the 1990s and early 2000s, especially in New York, when to wear colors and prints was considered gauche.
—Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR, 23 May 2022
And all such commercial transactions were interlaced with snobbism.
—Willard Spiegelman, WSJ, 9 Aug. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snobbism
Noun
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Great staff, great selection, not a lick of snobbery.—
Amy Drew Thompson,
Orlando Sentinel,
7 Mar. 2025
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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
Noun
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Most are due to unnecessary escalation, creating disengagement, authoritative behaviors, arrogance and ego.—
Joao Mendes-Roter,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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Musk’s casual Friday attire just shows his arrogance and disrespect for American government.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Mar. 2025
Noun
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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
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Sales Are Already Weakening February retail and food service sales were weaker than economists were forecasting, rising just 3.1 percent from a year earlier, with a lot of that gain coming from inflation of 2.8 percent.—
Evan Clark,
Footwear News,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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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
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Fortunately, Ruth has an elegant hauteur to call on in these situations.—
Helen Shaw,
The New Yorker,
21 Jan. 2025
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“Snobbism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snobbism. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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