snobbery
noun
snobbish character, conduct, trait, or act.
snobberies
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pluralof snobbery.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The crisis has, Amed points out, broken down outmoded fashion snobberies toward digital.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 13, 2020
Many previous music-critic snobberies have eroded through the consumerist pluralism of the internet, a broader politics of cultural representation, and a renewed investment in pleasure as the literal least a listener can ask for.
From Slate ● Jul. 12, 2019
Nonetheless, learning about my boyhood idol’s snobberies and insecurities has left me slightly downcast.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 1, 2017
Like Philip Roth and, more recently, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Ma is unafraid to generalize about her culture and explore its snobberies and social codes.
From New York Times ● Jul. 11, 2014
How I used to revel in such bitter little snobberies myself; how eay they were, once.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
