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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

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

All my life, people have taken my shyness for sullenness, snobbery, bad temper of one sort or another.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

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

Like Philip Roth and, more recently, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Ma is unafraid to generalize about her culture and explore its snobberies and social codes.

From New York Times ● Jul. 11, 2014

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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