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snobbism

American  
[snahb-iz-uhm] / ˈsnɑbˌɪz əm /

noun

  1. a less common variant of snobbery.


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

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