snobbery
noun
Examples of snobbery in a Sentence
Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 8 Mar. 2024
To me, the statement is filled with condescension and snobbery, implying a lower status to the receiver.
—Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024
Still, every record store worker who spoke with Rolling Stone has been widely embracing of the pop wave not just from sales but from a cultural standpoint, a rejection of the sort of elitism that can still be associated with vinyl culture snobbery.
—Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 6 Mar. 2024
Listeners who are willing to suspend their disbelief and/or decades of Dylan snobbery might just find that the record offers plenty of magic for the holidays.
—EW.com, 16 Nov. 2023
Before the nominations, there were whispers that snobbery would derail the film’s Oscar hopes, but the results show some puzzlement on the part of Academy voters.
—Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2024
The antisemitic snobbery extended to the golf links.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2024
The craft coffee world encourages such obsessiveness, a quality that sometimes (often?) slips into snobbery, which no doubt explains why those who don’t inhabit this orbit love to mock us.
—Tim Carman, Washington Post, 2 Jan. 2024
Here’s my shortcut guide to achieving superstar snobbery—or recognizing a snob in your midst.
—Lettie Teague, WSJ, 21 Dec. 2023
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1843, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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