snob appeal

American  

noun

1. the attributes of something that appeal to people who associate those qualities with social or intellectual superiority; a thing's attractiveness to snobs.

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Etymology

Origin of snob appeal

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

It has little cachet; it won’t make you rich the way some sports will, and lacks snob appeal, like, say, golf.

From Los Angeles Times

“There is a certain snob appeal that goes with using ‘R’ these days.”

From Washington Post

GM has been producing competent Corvettes since the 1950s — two-seaters long on under-the-hood oomph but short on the kind of snob appeal that Aston Martins, Porsches and the like command.

From Los Angeles Times

And it can get rather exhausting that the justification always has to come back to a comparison to Nora Ephron, the only purveyor of rom-coms who has undeniable crossover film snob appeal.

From Washington Times

“If it weren’t for the snob appeal of owning swans, we probably wouldn’t have them.”

From Washington Post