Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The character or conduct of a snob.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Vulgar affectation or ostentation; mean admiration of mean things; conduct or manners of a snob.
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- noun uncountable The state or quality of being
snobbish . - noun countable The result or product of being
snobbish .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the trait of condescending to those of lower social status
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Examples
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Jones says he needed to let go of what he calls the snobbishness of the dance world and learn that it isn't as easy as it seems to tell a story in musical theater.
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Almost to a man the editors denounced what they termed the snobbishness of the army, and denounced West Point for producing snobs, claiming that the ladies of the post, had they been real ladies, would have called on a respectable laundress even if she had been the sergeant's wife.
As A Chinaman Saw Us Passages from his Letters to a Friend at Home Anonymous
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We used to be irritated at what we called the snobbishness of English critics of a certain school; we are so no longer, for we see that its criticism is only the result of ignorance -- simply of inability to understand.
The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner Charles Dudley Warner 1864
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We used to be irritated at what we called the snobbishness of English critics of a certain school; we are so no longer, for we see that its criticism is only the result of ignorance -- simply of inability to understand.
Complete Essays Charles Dudley Warner 1864
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(But make it a Hudson Baby Bourbon … because apparently, this snobbishness is deeply engrained …)
Rants 2009
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(But make it a Hudson Baby Bourbon … because apparently, this snobbishness is deeply engrained …)
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(But make it a Hudson Baby Bourbon … because apparently, this snobbishness is deeply engrained …)
LENNDEVOURS: 2008
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I can only call it snobbishness, because there are plenty of delicious wines made on Long Island (but I'm preaching to the choir here, right?)
LENNDEVOURS: 2007
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I can only call it snobbishness, because there are plenty of delicious wines made on Long Island (but I'm preaching to the choir here, right?)
Long Island Wine Appreciation Month at Asta Wine Cafe (Huntington, NY) 2007
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On the contrary, a harmless old-fashioned snobbishness is perceptible all through his work.
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