snobbishness
Looking down condescendingly
Snobbishness is the quality of looking down on people considered inferior in taste, social standing, or intellect.
A person displaying snobbishness might dismiss others for their clothes, education, or cultural preferences.
Her snobbishness about wine made dinner parties uncomfortable.
The trait often masks insecurity—those most anxious about their own status tend toward the greatest snobbishness about others.
Excessive self-importance
- haughtinessDisdainful sense of superiority
- superiorityHigher rank or quality
- condescensionDemeaning air of superiority
- disdainScornful disregard
pompousness · superciliousness · smugness · self-importance · aloofness · pretentiousness · affectation · airs
Expressing scorn facially
- scoffingMocking with contempt
- nose-in-the-airDisplaying arrogant superiority
- snubbingPointedly ignoring someone
- dismissivenessAttitude of casual disregard
eye-rolling · cold-shoulder · name-dropping · gatekeeping · one-upmanship · belittling · patronizing · mocking
Inclined to criticize others
- narrow-mindedIntolerant of differing views
- intolerantRejecting differing beliefs
- biasedUnfairly favoring one side
- classistBiased by social rank
elitist · bigoted · discriminatory · xenophobic · parochial · provincial · small-minded · close-minded
Of hereditary nobility
- highbrowIntellectually or artistically sophisticated
- patricianHighborn Roman elite
- blue-bloodedOf noble ancestry
- upper-crustSocial elite class
pedigreed · gentility · refined · cultivated · sophisticated · discriminating · selective · connoisseur
Excluding those outside one's group
- insularNarrow in outlook
- members-onlyRestricted to enrolled participants
- gatedHaving a barrier entrance
- VIPNotable, for short
private · restricted · unwelcoming · inaccessible · in-crowd · blackballing · exclusionary · segregated
arrogance
Excessive self-importance
- haughtinessDisdainful sense of superiority
- superiorityHigher rank or quality
- condescensionDemeaning air of superiority
disdain · pompousness · superciliousness · smugness · self-importance · aloofness · pretentiousness · affectation · airs · contempt
sneering
Expressing scorn facially
- scoffingMocking with contempt
- nose-in-the-airDisplaying arrogant superiority
- snubbingPointedly ignoring someone
dismissiveness · eye-rolling · cold-shoulder · name-dropping · gatekeeping · one-upmanship · belittling · patronizing · mocking · derision
judgmental
Inclined to criticize others
- narrow-mindedIntolerant of differing views
- intolerantRejecting differing beliefs
- biasedUnfairly favoring one side
classist · elitist · bigoted · discriminatory · xenophobic · parochial · provincial · small-minded · close-minded · stereotyping
aristocratic
Of hereditary nobility
- highbrowIntellectually or artistically sophisticated
- patricianHighborn Roman elite
- blue-bloodedOf noble ancestry
upper-crust · pedigreed · gentility · refined · cultivated · sophisticated · discriminating · selective · connoisseur · bourgeois
cliquish
Excluding those outside one's group
- insularNarrow in outlook
- members-onlyRestricted to enrolled participants
- gatedHaving a barrier entrance
VIP · private · restricted · unwelcoming · inaccessible · in-crowd · blackballing · exclusionary · segregated · elite
intellectual
Concerning thought and reason
artistic · musical · fashion · highbrow · cultured · avant-garde · pretentious · affected · posturing · philistine
- ego displaysarrogance, vanity, boasting, showboating, braggadocio
- unfriendlinessunfriendliness, coldness, hostility, rudeness, aloofness
- pretentiousnesspretentious, pretentiousness, pretension, pompous, pomposity
- bad mannersrudeness, impoliteness, discourtesy, incivility, disrespect
- bad traitsmeanness, rudeness, cruelty, dishonesty, hostility
- demeanorbehavior, conduct, deportment, bearing, demeanor
snobbishnesshumility
Freedom from arrogance
modesty · humbleness · unpretentiousness · egalitarianism · down-to-earthness
snobbishnessegalitarianism
Philosophy of universal equality
down-to-earthness · folksiness · open-mindedness · inclusiveness · warmth
snobbishnessunpretentiousness
Absence of showiness
genuineness · authenticity · naturalness · simplicity · plainness
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