snobbery
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Bertrand Degat, vineyard manager for French zero-alcohol wine producer French Bloom, winces visibly when recalling some of the criticism and snobbery he has encountered from his contemporaries.
From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026
Out of context, that quote may lend weight to the strain of snobbery that wrote off “Blood and Sand” before the plot found its footing, which it did after its introductory episodes.
From Salon • Dec. 7, 2025
Eliot got it from the start, but in Woolf’s case bafflement joined forces with snobbery.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025
Dunham says the rom-com genre was the first she ever loved, but developed internalized snobbery around it as she got older.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 10, 2025
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
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