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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

Time Traveler
The first known use of snobbery was in 1843

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