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snobbery

[snob-uh-ree] / ˈsnɒb ə ri /


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She describes getting into the prestigious university as "a massive deal" but she found the atmosphere strange and experienced some snobbery about her working class accent.

From BBC Jul. 26, 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

This I-95 rivalry is intense, full of civic snobbery and loutish fandom; in other words, perfect.

From The Wall Street Journal May 4, 2026

The 1990s cocktail revival introduced a layer of snobbery to speakeasy-style bars, long after any subterfuge was necessary.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 14, 2026

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

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

The crisis has, Amed points out, broken down outmoded fashion snobberies toward digital.

From The Guardian Jun. 13, 2020

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

“Ms. Hollingworth’s snobberies are very tiring, her cozy relations with British embassies irritating,” the English journalist Robert Fisk wrote, reviewing her 1990 memoir, “Front Line.”

From New York Times Jan. 10, 2017

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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