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Definition of Snobbery
1. Noun. The trait of condescending to those of lower social status.
Generic synonyms: Arrogance, Haughtiness, Hauteur, High-handedness, Lordliness
Specialized synonyms: Clannishness, Cliquishness, Exclusiveness
Derivative terms: Snobbish
Definition of Snobbery
1. n. The quality of being snobbish; snobbishness.
Definition of Snobbery
1. Noun. The property or trait of being a snob. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Snobbery
1. snobbish behavior [n -BERIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Snobbery
Literary usage of Snobbery
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray, Sir Leslie Stephen (1898)
"... snobbery CONTINUED WE are accustomed to laugh at the French for their braggadocio
propensities, and intolerable vanity about "la France, la gloire, ..."
2. Social Psychology: An Outline and Source Book by Edward Alsworth Ross (1908)
"... standards of beauty originate in leisure-class snobbery for what might be is
felt to be crude and low-class. This perverse conservatism is inexplicable ..."
3. The Counsels of a Worldly Godmother by Persis Mather (1905)
"XXIII A DISCOURSE ON snobbery WHAT is a snob ? It is a domestic animal, ...
snobbery takes so many forms that to try to express it exactly is like the ..."
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