snobbishness

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as in snobbery

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  1. snobbery
  2. snobbism
  3. arrogance
  4. inflation
  5. hauteur
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  • Or maybe a bit of snobbery has set in after all these years of the tills-ringing Premier League.
    Daniel Taylor, The Athletic, 28 Aug. 2024
  • Game of Thrones pushed the genre snobbery toward fantasy.
    Joe Reid, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
Definition of snobbery
Noun
  • There was a kind of a snobbism about it.
    Julian Sancton, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 May 2022
  • Of course, culture shock works the other way around, too, and the image of Southerners who venture to the cold, bitter North for college only to be met by cultural snobbism and insulting assumptions about their identities is itself a stereotype.
    Nicole LaPorte, Town & Country, 2 Oct. 2022
Definition of snobbism
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  • This can help alleviate concerns about potential arrogance or difficulty in adjusting to team dynamics. Follow me on Twitter or LinkedIn.
    Jack Kelly, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
  • She's paired up with Xeni (voiced by Richard Ayoade), a daydream director looking to move up into the big leagues of nighttime dreams but has a lot of artistic arrogance.
    Christian Holub, EW.com, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of arrogance
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  • With higher costs of goods from inflation and supply chain disruption, higher costs of living and rents (especially in Austin), and a thinner workforce demanding and deserving higher wages and more benefits, the cost of meals everywhere has gone up.
    Matthew Odam, Austin American-Statesman, 21 Nov. 2024
  • The home goods space in particular - which the company caters to - has seen a slump amid home prices, inflation, and lower demand for home renovations post-Covid.
    Trefis Team, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of inflation
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  • With his chilly hauteur and unflattering Prince Valiant hairdo, Jordan is a plain villain amid characters who otherwise collectively lurch between sympathetic victimhood and viciously cruel mob mentality.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 3 Sep. 2024
  • The Academy Award-winning actress, known for her fierce talent and daunting hauteur, boasts a career spanning 60 years.
    Ian Malone, Vogue, 16 July 2024
Definition of hauteur
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