snootiness

noun

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as in snobbery

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  1. snobbery
  2. snobbism
  3. arrogance
  4. inflation
  5. hauteur
  6. pomposity
  7. condescension
Noun
  • That Offer Specialty Sips and Stunning Views On a roll, the next stop was Lupo for happy hour — a bright Italian joint that felt swanky without snobbery.
    Lauren Breedlove, Travel + Leisure, 9 Dec. 2024
  • The tiresome snobbery of the vinyl mafia might have convinced you that the compact disc, first introduced in Japan in October 1982 and the rest of the world in March 1983, was dead and buried.
    Jesse Fink, SPIN, 28 Nov. 2024
Definition of snobbery
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
Definition of snobbism
Noun
  • Kudos are also due Christian Probst as a prince without a drop of royal arrogance.
    Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Barack Obama came across to his foes as the principle of arrogance.
    Philip Elliott, TIME, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of arrogance
Noun
  • After the trade wars of Trump’s first administration, the shutdown of the pandemic and hectic restart and rush of inflation that followed, fashion has gotten used to being quick on its feet.
    Evan Clark, WWD, 16 Dec. 2024
  • However, inflation, despite dropping from its 9.1 percent peak in mid-2022, has not declined as anticipated.
    Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of inflation
Noun
  • With his chilly hauteur and unflattering Prince Valiant hairdo, Jordan is a plain villain amid characters who otherwise collectively lurch between sympathetic victimhood and viciously cruel mob mentality.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 3 Sep. 2024
  • The Academy Award-winning actress, known for her fierce talent and daunting hauteur, boasts a career spanning 60 years.
    Ian Malone, Vogue, 16 July 2024
Definition of hauteur
Noun
  • Critics sometimes faulted his performances for pomposity.
    Jill Leovy, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2024
  • Berry says that Laszlo’s pomposity thrives because no one in the house is willing to call him out on his nonsense.
    Joe Otterson, Variety, 15 Aug. 2024
Definition of pomposity
Noun
  • Lipton exactly titrates condescension and concern as the front man for a robot quartet performing to a humanity that mistrusts its own machines.
    The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2024
  • The truth is, no amount of communication can overcome the barrier of condescension, and there’s no place for condescension in a Democratic Party that wants to reach our diverse citizenry.
    Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 7 Nov. 2024
Definition of condescension
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