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 -
the snobbery of some wine connoisseurs某些葡萄酒鉴赏家的自命不凡
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(chiefly US) By a kind of reverse snobbery, he hated people from educated families and bragged about his working-class relatives.出于反势利的态度,他憎恨那些书香门第出身的人而夸耀自己那些工人出身的亲戚。
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(Brit) inverted snobbery