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
He added in his memoir that he “still harbored the old-fashioned stage actor’s snobbism toward moviemaking.”
From Washington Post ● Feb. 5, 2021
Is this some kind of snobbism where something that many people like cannot possibly be of any value?
From New York Times ● Sep. 19, 2016
"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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