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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

Their snobbery is juxtaposed with Carney’s friend and colleague Pepper’s unsettling bluntness and eyeball to eyeball stare.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 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

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

My feeling remains, no less than before, that this represents a piece of unthinking snobbery on the part of the Society.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro

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

Age-appropriate dressing is blown out of the water, ancient snobberies of chic or trashy do not apply.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 22, 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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