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snobbery

[snob-uh-ree] / ˈsnɒb ə ri /


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If even the once all-powerful Marvel is trying to recapture viewers by positioning itself as haughty and highbrow, there is no doubt snobbery is pushing for the mainstream.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026

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

"I think some of some of the discussion I've seen has veered between outright snobbery and just downright unpleasant, a bit of kill joy attitude, you know, there's enough doom and gloom in the world."

From BBC ● May 20, 2026

But stripped of the luxury of snobbery, the two became thick as the thieves they now were, at least according to the Third Reich.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman

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

This whisks you along, driven by some extraordinary personalities, and an eye for the ironies, snobberies and enmities Mark Zuckerberg's social utopianism opened up.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 15, 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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