snobbism
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Mr. Holmes does not quote Auden’s snide remark, but in some ways his book addresses the modern snobbism that shadows Tennyson.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
Henry’s grandiosity and snobbism are established in the opening number in Covent Garden, “Why Can’t the English?”
From Washington Post • Dec. 22, 2019
It may involve as much reverse style snobbism and careful consideration as any coat-and-tie venture when you really think about it, but on the surface it’s a seductive mythology of mind over men’s wear.
From New York Times • Oct. 15, 2014
"I think perhaps in Australia there is slightly less of a literary snobbism than there is, still, in this country."
From The Guardian • Jun. 25, 2010
Even within the plant, there was some snobbism.
From "Kira-Kira" by Cynthia Kadohata
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