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snobbery

[snob-uh-ree] / ˈsnɒb ə ri /


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Instead, it is a quiet study in snobbery.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 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

Robinson believes "football snobbery" is behind some of the reluctance to embrace set-pieces as a potential game-changer.

From BBC Mar. 27, 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

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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