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BNC: 18786 COCA: 22186

snobbery

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snobbery /ˈsnɑːbəri/ noun
snobbery
/ˈsnɑːbəri/
noun
Learner's definition of SNOBBERY
[noncount] disapproving
: the behavior or attitude of people who think they are better than other people : the behavior or attitude of snobs势利行为;势利态度;自命不凡
BNC: 18786 COCA: 22186

snobbery

noun

snob·​bery ˈsnä-b(ə-)rē How to pronounce snobbery (audio)
plural snobberies
1
: snobbish conduct or character : snobbishness
2
: an instance of snobbery

Example Sentences

the snobbery of some wine connoisseurs
Recent Examples on the Web The Kevins need saving, basically, from snobbery and even social discrimination. Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2022 Lagerfeld also kept the ghost of Chanel herself alive and well by championing snobbery, obscuring his roots, and regularly muttering pithy bon mots. Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR, 5 July 2022 But with intense and intricate gear expertise can come the risk of snobbery—a sort of technical elitism that might intimidate beginners or even intermediates (anyone not pro)— from even walking through the door, let alone setting out for the slopes. Virginia Schmidt, Outside Online, 9 Oct. 2018 Indeed there was a certain amount of snobbery about the idea of using shop-brand goods. Kate Hardcastle, Forbes, 30 June 2022 Gstaad Guy has made a name for himself parodying the lives of the famous and mountainous, mocking the alpine culture of apres-ski, fine wines, and snobbery. Gustaf Lundberg Toresson, Forbes, 22 May 2022 Vanner’s novel about the Rasks is the sort of faux-Whartonian confection that relies heavily on descriptions of polished wood and unpolished manners: snobbery and snubbery. Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2022 More than any prestige-television show, though, Julia reminded me of Frasier, that blissful ’90s excavation of snobbery, privilege, and cultural disconnection. Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 7 Apr. 2022 The answer is typical: the interstate, suburbanization, mismanagement, classism, snobbery, inflation. Mark Olsen Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1843, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of snobbery was in 1843
BNC: 18786 COCA: 22186
snobbery

noun

ADJECTIVE | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVEcultural, intellectual, musical文化上的/智力上的/音樂方面的自我優越感class, social階級/社會自我優越感She faced the twin barriers of class snobbery and racial discrimination.她遭遇了階級勢利和種族歧視兩大障礙。the elitism and social snobbery of the art world藝術界的精英優越感和社會勢利petty狹隘的優越感her obsession with petty social snobberies她為狹隘的社會優越感所困inverted (BrE) 倒轉勢利眼(蔑視財富和權勢的心理)His dismissive attitude to the rich is just inverted snobbery.他對待富人的輕蔑態度只不過是倒轉勢利眼罷了。PREPOSITIONsnobbery about⋯方面的勢利態度his snobbery about mixing with people from other classes他對與其他階層的人交往的勢利態度snobbery towards/toward對⋯的勢利態度snobbery towards / toward electronic music認為電子音樂不值一聽的態度

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