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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Is there any reason for using French besides pure snobbery?—
Judith Martin,
The Mercury News,
3 Feb. 2025
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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
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The guy the American masses met in 2009 had already worked out a sound, approaching the sad-robot pop of Ye’s 808s & Heartbreak from the chilly arrogance of boardroom Jay. Hip-hop heads didn’t always respect the swing of the pendulum, though.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
7 Feb. 2025
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Sheer arrogance, headed straight for the trash can, unopened.—
Ticked Off,
Orlando Sentinel,
2 Feb. 2025
Noun
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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.—
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arkansasonline.com,
8 Feb. 2025
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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
Noun
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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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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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