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snobbery

[snob-uh-ree] / ˈsnɒb ə ri /


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Instead, it is a quiet study in snobbery.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

Film snobbery notwithstanding, however, much of that will be accomplished via non-Imax 70mm screenings, which come in a near-Homeric list of types.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

That is kicking up a fierce debate between those who want to preserve a piece of India’s history and those who say the club reflects the snobbery and class divisions of a bygone era.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

Phillipson described some of the negative comments as "outright snobbery and just downright unpleasant" and argued Collins had a reach "politicians can't reach".

From BBC May 20, 2026

Added to European snobbery was white American scepticism about Dvorak's public statements.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

Many previous music-critic snobberies have eroded through the consumerist pluralism of the internet, a broader politics of cultural representation, and a renewed investment in pleasure as the literal least a listener can ask for.

From Slate Jul. 12, 2019

Nonetheless, learning about my boyhood idol’s snobberies and insecurities has left me slightly downcast.

From Washington Post Nov. 1, 2017

A number of the classic romantic comedies of the Great Depression unabashedly upheld the snobberies of the upper classes.

From New York Times Dec. 31, 2011

Scholarly though his instincts were he had no snobberies about higher journalism.

From The Guardian Aug. 20, 2010

How I used to revel in such bitter little snobberies myself; how eay they were, once.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood




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