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Meanings of snobbery in English

Catalan
esnobisme

The trait of condescending to those of lower social status.

esnobisme
Synonyms
Examples for "snobbishness"
Examples for "snobbishness"
1
This has happened through the general decay of snobbishness among us, perhaps.
Through the Eye of the Needle: A Romance
2
This is sometimes called snobbishness, but it is nothing of the kind.
None Other Gods
3
One hears many complaints about the snobbishness of running after things European.
Confessions and Criticisms
4
The little romancer is not so romantic that she forgets her snobbishness.
The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig: A Novel
5
She was a loyal little soul, crystal-free from any form of snobbishness.
Anne of the Island
1
There is no practical snobbism about him.
The Mirrors of Washington
2
Love cleared his sight in an instant, where reason would have striven in vain against the stubborn prejudices of snobbism.
The Second Generation
3
Already work has become the fashion; snobbism is in disgrace; and some elements or influences of the simple life thus reestablished will remain.
Some Cities and San Francisco, and Resurgam
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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Translations for snobbery
Catalan
esnobisme
Snobbery through the time
Snobbery across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Less common