NOUN | attribute | snobbishness, snobbery, snobbism | the trait of condescending to those of lower social status |
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Meaning | The trait of condescending to those of lower social status. | |
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Synonyms | snobbery, snobbism | |
Narrower | clannishness, cliquishness, exclusiveness | tendency to associate with only a select group |
Broader | arrogance, haughtiness, hauteur, high-handedness, lordliness | overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors |
Spanish | esnobismo, snobismo | |
Catalan | esnobisme | |
Adjectives | snobbish | befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior |
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