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Meanings of snobbery in English

Catalan
esnobisme

The trait of condescending to those of lower social status.

        esnobisme
        Usage of snobbery in English
        1
        It would provide a study in expression and expansion in social snobbery.
        I Spy
        2
        Any excuse and it's off: no snobbery, social nuances or age restrictions.
        The Irish Times
        3
        Others thought it spoke of snobbery from the protectors of the language.
        The Irish Times
        4
        The only words to describe this behaviour are racism, ignorance and snobbery.
        The Irish Times
        5
        This is at once the explanation of and excuse for his snobbery.
        The Dark Lady of the Sonnets
        6
        There is still this snobbery in Britain about that sort of thing.
        The Guardian
        7
        She thought of the place as an abode of arrogance and snobbery.
        In the Year of Jubilee
        8
        Their governesses taught them snobbery, unconsciously; their domestic habits taught them snobbery.
        Together
        9
        Nor is it about snobbery: I may have had moments of hauteur.
        The Guardian
        10
        The first remark is a good-humored bit of chaffing on American snobbery.
        Essays on Paul Bourget
        11
        Admit it -the reason people don't like Page 3 is snobbery.
        The Guardian
        12
        This was my first, vivid introduction to the snobbery that greeted Sky.
        The Guardian
        13
        It combined sanctimony, decadence, insecurity and snobbery in a weird, neurotic brew.
        Perdido Street Station
        14
        Unduly to deplore this is, I suppose, a form of intellectual snobbery.
        Lynton and Lynmouth: A Pageant of Cliff & Moorland
        15
        Intellectual snobbery seems today to breed a particular form of envy and venom.
        Agahta christie: an autobiography
        16
        However, his essay is otherwise full of arrogance and snobbery particular to scientists.
        The Irish Times
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        Catalan
        esnobisme
        Snobbery through the time
        Snobbery across language varieties
        Ireland
        Common
        United Kingdom
        Less common