snobby

[snob-ee]

condescending, patronizing, or socially exclusive; snobbish.

Nearby words

First recorded in 1840–50; snob + -y¹

Related formssnob·bi·ly, adverbsnob·bi·ness, snob·bism, noun

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Her snobbism was arbitrary, and her prejudices were restricted to the rules and laws of her own personal kingdom.
Family Secrets in Tehran|Azar Nafisi|January 10, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Snobbism is not confined to the toadying of the rich, but is quite as often displayed in the toadying of the poor.
Character|Samuel Smiles
What history and romance there is about Pau is pretty well blotted out by twentieth-century snobbism, it would seem.
The Automobilist Abroad|M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield
No; but there are plenty of people who will subscribe out of snobbism.
Mortal Coils|Aldous Huxley

It is a critical acuteness, not a snobbism, which last is selection on some other principle than that of a personal quality.
Instigations|Ezra Pound
Thackeray soon rushes away from his criticisms on snobbism to other matters.
Thackeray|Anthony Trollope

Word Origin and History for snobbism

adj.

1835, from snob + -y (2). Related: Snobbiness.