snobbery
noun/ˈsnɒbəri/
/ˈsnɑːbəri/
[uncountable] (disapproving)- the attitudes and behaviour of people who are snobs
- intellectual snobbery
Extra Examples- She faced the twin barriers of class snobbery and racial discrimination.
- his snobbery about mixing with people from other classes
- snobbery towards electronic music
- the elitism and social snobbery of the art world
- She quickly ran up against snobbery and prejudice.
- We have to overcome a degree of snobbery about diesel cars.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- cultural
- intellectual
- musical
- …
- snobbery about
- snobbery towards/toward
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