reverse snob

American  

noun

1. a person overly proud of being one of or sympathetic to the common people, and who denigrates or shuns those of superior ability, education, social standing, etc.

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Other Word Forms

• reverse snobbery noun
• reverse snobbism noun

Example Sentences

The author is also a cheerful reverse snob, celebrating the camp exuberance of the 1960s Batman TV series that so many purists loathe.

From New York Times • Mar. 23, 2016

My inner reverse snob prefers a dingy yellow cab to a sleek SUV any day.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2015

Epstein, one of America's best essayists, is a snob of the intellectual variety, which means he's a reverse snob.

From Time Magazine Archive