snobberies
Condescending social attitudes
Snobberies is the plural of snobbery, referring to multiple instances or types of pretentious behavior based on social status, taste, or specialized knowledge.
A person might display various snobberies—about wine, education, fashion, or accent—each reflecting a different arena where they consider themselves superior.
Her literary snobberies were tiresome, but her food snobberies were worse.
The word captures not just attitudes but the specific acts and expressions through which snobs make their disdain known.
Demeaning air of superiority
- haughtinessDisdainful sense of superiority
- pretentiousnessShowy self-importance
- superciliousnessScornful sense of superiority
- disdainfulnessScornful superiority toward others
smugness · self-importance · pompousness · arrogance · snootiness · uppishness · loftiness · high-handedness
Preference for privileged rule
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- inequalityUnequal distribution of resources
- exclusionBeing barred from participation
Expressing scorn facially
- scoffingMocking with contempt
- derisionContemptuous mockery
- mockingScornfully imitating or ridiculing
- dismissivenessAttitude of casual disregard
snubbing · cold-shouldering · name-dropping · eye-rolling · belittling · condescending · excluding · ostracizing
Rule by hereditary elite
- upper-crustSocial elite class
- bluebloodPerson of noble birth
- pedigreeRecord of descent
- nobilityTitled ruling class
gentry · patrician · bourgeoisie · privilege · exclusivity · highbrow · cultured · refined
condescension
Demeaning air of superiority
- haughtinessDisdainful sense of superiority
- pretentiousnessShowy self-importance
- superciliousnessScornful sense of superiority
disdainfulness · smugness · self-importance · pompousness · arrogance · snootiness · uppishness · loftiness · high-handedness · patronizing
elitism
Preference for privileged rule
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- inequalityUnequal distribution of resources
sneering
Expressing scorn facially
dismissiveness · snubbing · cold-shouldering · name-dropping · eye-rolling · belittling · condescending · excluding · ostracizing · gatekeeping
aristocracy
Rule by hereditary elite
- upper-crustSocial elite class
- bluebloodPerson of noble birth
- pedigreeRecord of descent
nobility · gentry · patrician · bourgeoisie · privilege · exclusivity · highbrow · cultured · refined · sophisticated
intellectual
Concerning thought and reason
literary · artistic · musical · fashion · academic · aesthetic · brand · reverse · inverted · regional
snobberieshumility
Freedom from arrogance
egalitarianism · humbleness · unpretentiousness · inclusiveness · common touch
snobberiesgenuineness
Quality of being real
authenticity · sincerity · naturalness · simplicity · plainness
snobberieshumility
Freedom from arrogance
modesty · humbleness · self-effacement · unpretentiousness · meekness
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