snobbery

condescension

Demeaning air of superiority

• haughtinessDisdainful sense of superiority
• pretentiousnessShowy self-importance
• arroganceExcessive self-importance

smugness · self-importance · holier-than-thou · self-righteous · pompousness · vanity · egotism · airs · affectation · nose-in-the-air

sneering

Expressing scorn facially

• scoffingMocking with contempt
• condescensionDemeaning air of superiority
• patronizingTreating someone as inferior

dismissiveness · belittling · mockery · eye-rolling · cold-shoulder · name-dropping · gatekeeping · one-upmanship · put-downs · snubbing

aristocracy

Rule by hereditary elite

• upper-classSocially and economically privileged
• bluebloodPerson of noble birth
• nobilityTitled ruling class

patrician · pedigree · privilege · bourgeoisie · gentry · finishing-school · debutante · cotillion · elite · establishment

contempt

Disdainful disregard

• scornHostile dismissive feeling
• derisionContemptuous mockery
• disdainfulnessScornful superiority toward others

disparagement · disrespect · disgust · distaste · revulsion · aversion · repugnance · loathing · antipathy · disapproval

highbrow

Intellectually or artistically sophisticated

• intellectualConcerning thought and reason
• connoisseurExpert in matters of taste
• aestheteLover of the beautiful

tastemaker · philistine · lowbrow · middlebrow · uncultured · provincial · unsophisticated · gauche · vulgar · common

• Jane Austen themespride, vanity, manners, courtship, matchmaking
• status seekingname dropping, bragging, showing off, flexing, one-upmanship
• Affected Speechaffectation, airs, pretentiousness, posh accent, overenunciation
• arrogancearrogant, conceited, pompous, vain, haughty
• contemptcontempt, scorn, disdain, despise, derision
• snobberysnooty, elitism, snoot, snootiness, haughtiness