snob
noun
a person who imitates, cultivates, or slavishly admires social superiors and is condescending or overbearing to others.
Example Sentences
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To Sohm, snobbishness on the part of a sommelier is a sign of insecurity; he has seen it in some young members of his profession.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025
Connoisseurs, some who study to become water sommeliers, insist this trend isn’t about snobbishness.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 20, 2023
And nothing in your letter hints at snobbishness before.
From New York Times ● Dec. 2, 2021
I was, to put it bluntly, at my apogee of cinematic snobbishness.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 24, 2020
Such characteristics and tendencies in America as we have sketched have resulted in a peculiar brand of snobbishness that has so developed as very largely to undermine our fundamental conception of morality.
From Your Negro Neighbor by Benjamin Griffith Brawley
