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Meanings of snobbishness in English

Catalan
esnobisme

The trait of condescending to those of lower social status.

esnobisme
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Examples for "snobbery"
Examples for "snobbery"
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
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 snobbishness in English
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
6
My cousin's wife was sincere, with all her vulgarity and inborn snobbishness.
The Ghost: A Modern Fantasy
7
Not a bad sort, I believe, if it weren't for his snobbishness.'
The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories
8
No; the woman had a mind above such snobbishness, he thought.
Pierre and His People: Tales of the Far North. Volume 1.
9
He had for the moment redeemed the snobbishness of two generations.
The Pomp of the Lavilettes, Volume 2
10
There was no taint in it of self-interest, nor of snobbishness.
Captain Macklin: His Memoirs
11
He is rather sentimental; and, like most sentimental people, not devoid of snobbishness.
A Miscellany of Men
12
The Reed girls could not discard their snobbishness all at once.
Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1904
13
He complained a good deal about the snobbishness of people generally.
War-time Silhouettes
14
It isn't because that life is too painful; no, no; it's downright snobbishness.
New Grub Street
15
It is wonderful that people can parade their snobbishness within sight of Hale-mau-mau.
The Hawaiian Archipelago
16
There is surely no greater mistake than to suppose that reverence is snobbishness.
Thackeray
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Catalan
esnobisme
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