snobbery

[ snob-uh-ree ]

/ ˈsnɒb ə ri /

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snobbish character, conduct, trait, or act.

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On the farm, the feed for chicks is significantly different from the roosters’; ______ not even comparable.

First recorded in 1825–35; snob + -ery

The Spotify roasting AI that’s been making the rounds this week is a fun exercise in music snobbery.
Music made 2020 better, but we failed to make 2020 better for musicians|Brian Heater|December 25, 2020|TechCrunch
His absolute snobbery is bizarrely refreshing, while the Just Like You's around him try to seem as “normal” as possible.
Sting and Hillary Are Just Like You: How the Very Rich Play at Being Very Ordinary|Tim Teeman|June 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Wellie-snobbery is terrible but growing vice among the British upper classes.
Pippa Instagrammed in Front of Pile of Dead Pheasants at Shoot|Tom Sykes|October 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST
My theory was that a personal and geographic food bias was at work, a kind of coastal snobbery.
Wall Street Gets Punked Again With Sprouts Farmers Market IPO|Daniel Gross|August 7, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Both went to Oxford University and chafed at the snobbery of English elites.
The Margaret Thatcher, Rupert Murdoch Connection|Peter Jukes|April 9, 2013|DAILY BEAST
This is because cruising stories allow the media to indulge in two of their favourite traits: envy and snobbery.
In Defense of Cruises: Ignore the Carnival Sewage Disaster|Andrew Roberts|February 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST
That the Business College should no longer require me I could understand—for snobbery plays a terrible part in business.
In Accordance with the Evidence|Oliver Onions
"Ah kin lick any three Neboes wid mah toes an' teeth," he would boast in religious snobbery.
Mountain|Clement Wood
An assembly of two thousand snobs will never stint its applause to an author who chastises snobbery.
The English Stage|Augustin Filon
This gentleman—for he was no less than that—was a man well-read, and his tribute was not inspired by mere snobbery.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete|Albert Bigelow Paine
The snobbery of the "social column" would really be amusing were it not so painfully apparent.
The Sign of Silence|William Le Queux