inverted snob

British

noun

a person who scorns the conventions or attitudes of his own class or social group by attempting to identify with people of a supposedly lower class

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inverted snob

The small car has its own inverted snob appeal, which rubs off on every buyer.

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For a moment she thought of Dick Garstin as a sort of inverted snob.

From December Love by Robert Smythe Hichens

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