snobbiness
Looking down condescendingly
Snobbiness is the quality of looking down on others perceived as inferior in taste, intelligence, or social standing.
It combines condescension with self-satisfaction: Her snobbiness about wine made dinner uncomfortable.
The word carries more bite than snobbery, emphasizing the personal flaw rather than the attitude in the abstract.
Excessive self-importance
- condescensionDemeaning air of superiority
- haughtinessDisdainful sense of superiority
- superciliousnessScornful sense of superiority
- disdainScornful disregard
aloofness · pompousness · self-importance · smugness · snootiness · pretentiousness · imperiousness · loftiness
State of being limited
- cliquishnessExclusive group behavior
- selectivenessCareful choosing quality
- upper-crustSocial elite class
- aristocraticOf hereditary nobility
blueblood · pedigree · privileged · refined · cultured · highbrow · sophistication · connoisseurship
Scornful disregard
- scornHostile dismissive feeling
- derisionContemptuous mockery
- sneeringExpressing scorn facially
- disparagementCriticism meant to diminish
mockery · condescension · dismissiveness · disrespect · ridicule · belittlement · denigration · sarcasm
arrogance
Excessive self-importance
- condescensionDemeaning air of superiority
- haughtinessDisdainful sense of superiority
- superciliousnessScornful sense of superiority
disdain · aloofness · pompousness · self-importance · smugness · snootiness · pretentiousness · imperiousness · loftiness · patronizing
exclusivity
State of being limited
- cliquishnessExclusive group behavior
- selectivenessCareful choosing quality
- upper-crustSocial elite class
aristocratic · blueblood · pedigree · privileged · refined · cultured · highbrow · sophistication · connoisseurship · tastemaker
disdain
Scornful disregard
disparagement · mockery · condescension · dismissiveness · disrespect · ridicule · belittlement · denigration · sarcasm · jeering
snobbinesshumility
Freedom from arrogance
egalitarianism · unpretentiousness · down-to-earthness · modesty · down-to-earth
snobbinesshumbleness
State of being unpretentious
self-effacement · modesty · meekness · unpretentiousness · plainness
snobbinessfriendliness
Warm, welcoming disposition
approachability · openness · warmth · inclusiveness · affability
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