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
There are several things that have put me off television apart from pure snobbishness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 27, 2020
A stylish and well-informed writer, Thompson brings a snobbishness of her own to her sympathetic account of Mitford’s life.
From New York Times ● Dec. 3, 2019
Yet for all of the snobbishness about Tukwila, about 45,000 jobs are located there — outnumbering its residents 2:1.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 7, 2018
To attempt to estimate the relative importance of these subjects from a social point of view, is to expose one’s self to the charge of snobbishness.
From Education in England in the Middle Ages Thesis Approved for the Degree of Doctor of Science in the University of London by Albert William Parry
