snobbery

[snob-uh-ree]

noun

plural

snobberies 

1. snobbish character, conduct, trait, or act.

Word History and Origins

Origin of snobbery¹

First recorded in 1825–35; snob + -ery

Example Sentences

But if one were to remove the veil of snobbery and suspicion dividing urban and rural America, one would find a lot more Hanks and Peggys in the world than far-right trolls.

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Dunham says the rom-com genre was the first she ever loved, but developed internalized snobbery around it as she got older.

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The move follows growing frustration over the lack of rugby league knighthoods or damehoods, with a group of cross-party MPs suggesting the lack of top honours was linked to snobbery.

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The leader of a cross-party group of MPs who support rugby league has suggested the "scandal" of the lack of top honours for stars of the sport was linked to snobbery and class prejudice.

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"I sometimes get snobbery from the big photographers who go to Africa and do the lions and tigers, or Greenland for the Polar bears," he explained.

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Related Words

• arrogance 
• pretension