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Ah, beware of snobbery; it is the unwelcome recognition of one's own past failings.
Cary Grant

Meaning of "snobbery" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SNOBBERY

snobbery  [ˈsnɒbərɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SNOBBERY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Snobbery is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SNOBBERY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Snob

A snob is a person who believes in the existence of an equation between status and human worth. The term also refers to a person who believes that some people are inherently inferior to him or her for any one of a variety of reasons, including real or supposed intellect, wealth, education, ancestry, power, physical strength, class, taste, beauty, nationality, fame, extreme success of a family member or friend, etc. Often this form of snobbery reflects the snob's personal attributes. For example, a common snobbery of the affluent is the belief that wealth is either the cause or result of superiority, or both. Both definitions are used as a pejorative.

Definition of snobbery in the English dictionary

The definition of snobbery in the dictionary is attitudes and behaviour that are typical of a snob.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SNOBBERY


blackberry
ˈblækbərɪ
blueberry
ˈbluːbərɪ
bobbery
ˈbɒbərɪ
Burberry
ˈbɜːbərɪ
canterbury
ˈkæntəbərɪ
corroboree
kəˈrɒbərɪ
cranberry
ˈkrænbərɪ
Glastonbury
ˈɡlæstənbərɪ
jobbery
ˈdʒɒbərɪ
mulberry
ˈmʌlbərɪ
nabobery
ˈneɪbɒbərɪ
Newbury
ˈnjuːbərɪ
raspberry
ˈrɑːzbərɪ
robbery
ˈrɒbərɪ
Salisbury
ˈsɔːlzbərɪ
slobbery
ˈslɒbərɪ
stockjobbery
ˈstɒkˌdʒɒbərɪ
strawberry
ˈstrɔːbərɪ
Sudbury
ˈsʌdbərɪ
yobbery
ˈjɒbərɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SNOBBERY

snob
snobbily
snobbish
snobbishly
snobbishness
snobbism
snobbocracy
snobby
snobling
snobocracy
snobographer
snobography
SNOBOL
snod
snoek
snoep
snog
snogged
snogging
snollygoster

WORDS THAT END LIKE SNOBBERY

aggravated robbery
ambery
armed robbery
bank robbery
bibbery
blubbery
bribery
cobwebbery
daubery
daylight robbery
fibbery
fubbery
glibbery
highway robbery
inverted snobbery
Rosebery
rubbery
shrubbery
slabbery
timbery

Synonyms and antonyms of snobbery in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SNOBBERY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «snobbery» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of snobbery

Translation of «snobbery» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SNOBBERY

Find out the translation of snobbery to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of snobbery from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «snobbery» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

自命不凡
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

esnobismo
570 millions of speakers

English

snobbery
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दंभ
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

خيلاء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

снобизм
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

esnobismo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ঠেকার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

snobisme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sengit
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Snobismus
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

上流気取り
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

속물근성
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Snobbery
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

người ở thành
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பார்வையை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

भपकेदारपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

züppelik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

snobismo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

snobizm
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

снобізм
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

snobism
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σνομπισμός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

snobisme
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

snobbism
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

snobberi
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of snobbery

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SNOBBERY»

The term «snobbery» is regularly used and occupies the 80.820 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SNOBBERY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about snobbery

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10 QUOTES WITH «SNOBBERY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word snobbery.
1
James Blake
My mum especially listens to music in a way that is incredibly feelings-based. There's virtually no snobbery about what sounds are in it, she just wants to hear a song and that is quite refreshing.
2
Helen Clark
I deeply detest social distinction and snobbery, and in that lies my strong aversion to titular honours.
3
John Cleese
Wine is wonderful stuff. But so many people are put off by the snobbery of it.
4
Norman Foster
There's a snobbery at work in architecture. The subject is too often treated as a fine art, delicately wrapped in mumbo-jumbo. In reality, it's an all-embracing discipline taking in science, art, maths, engineering, climate, nature, politics, economics.
5
Cary Grant
Ah, beware of snobbery; it is the unwelcome recognition of one's own past failings.
6
Alex Kapranos
Of course, there's a certain type of person who feels that anything which becomes mainstream has to be rejected immediately. And that's part of the indie-alternative snobbery and hierarchy and elitism.
7
Diane Lane
I've found there to be a tremendous amount of East Coast snobbery in the journalism world.
8
Yves Saint Laurent
We must never confuse elegance with snobbery.
9
Gilbert Newton Lewis
In the snobbery of science, each branch attempts to rise in the social scale by imitating the methods of the next higher science and by ignoring the methods and phenomena of the sciences beneath.
10
Louis MacNeice
All the people I know have been conditioned by snobbery.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SNOBBERY»

Discover the use of snobbery in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to snobbery and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Snobbery: The American Version
He also raises the question of whether snobbery might, alas, be a part of human nature. Snobbery: The American Versionis the first book in English devoted exclusively to the subject since Thackeray's THE BOOK OF SNOBS.
Joseph Epstein, 2003
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Snobbery with Violence: An Edwardian Murder Mystery
Exposing a suitor's dishonorable intentions toward the daughter of a new client, Captain Harry Cartwright is hired by a wealthy marquis to solve a house party murder, a case that is complicated by the host's determination to preserve ...
Marion Chesney, M. C. Beaton, 2004
3
Snobbery With Violence: English Crime Stories and Their Audience
' In Snobbery with Violence: English Crime Stories and Their Audience, Colin Watson explores the social attitudes that are reflected in the detective story and the thriller.
Colin Watson, 2012
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The Wine Etiquette Guide - Your Defense Against Wine Snobbery
Everything you need to know to live properly in the world of wine - from how to properly how a glass to how to toast at a wedding to how to properly evaluate wines in a restaurant.
Chuck Blethen, 2013
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Snobbery with Violence: An Edwardian Murder Mystery
Snobbery with Violence was originally published under the name "M.C. Beaton writing as Marion Chesney."
M. C. Beaton, 2010
6
The Official Guide to Wine Snobbery
Hailed as the most entertaining reference to wine culture, this book arms readers with valuable knowledge of wine etiquette, while identifying those sensless acts of snobbery that often lead to embrassing situations.
Leonard S. Bernstein, 2003
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Autonomy and Self-Respect
II. Social. snobbery. and. human. dignity. The Revolution that raised banners to " Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity" was more than a political revolution. ' It was also a social revolution that spread radical ideas about how one should view one's ...
Thomas E. Hill, 1991
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Ordinary Vices
y. V. hat. is. wrong. with. snobbery? It is impossible, in our condition of society, not to be sometimes a snob. — Thackeray The word "snob" has had many meanings since it surfaced in the late Middle Ages, none of them good. It began as an ...
Judith N. Shklar, 1984
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Saint Pauls
SNOBBERY AS A NATIONAL CHARACTERISTIC. It is an accepted axiom that snobbery is an English specialty ; — that a strongly-marked thread of the vice is inextricably interwoven in the woof of the national character ; — that Britons, in short ...
Anthony Trollope, 1872
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Dickens's Great Expectations: Misnar's Pavilion versus ...
The wages of snobbery, Dickens decreed, are higher than Lever's comic novel had admitted. Denigrating "this boasted civilization of ours" as nothing but " snobbery," Potts resolves "to overthrow the mean and unjust prejudices, the miserable ...
Jerome Meckier

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SNOBBERY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term snobbery is used in the context of the following news items.
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Classical 'snobbery' angers Who
The Who guitarist Pete Townshend has attacked "musical snobbery" after discovering an orchestral version of the band's rock opera Quadrophenia will not be ... «Belfast Telegraph, Jun 15»
2
Snobbery or preservation? Funfair proposal leaves Tettenhall …
It's proving to be one of Wolverhampton's most controversial issues in recent years - should a funfair be allowed on picturesque Upper Green in Tettenhall? «expressandstar.com, May 15»
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Labour calls for end to 'snobbery' over apprenticeships
Shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna has called for an end to "snobbery" surrounding apprenticeships, which he says are viewed by some as being ... «ITV News, Apr 15»
4
British Noses, Firmly in the Air
A taxi driver recorded an extraordinarily vicious and elaborate outburst from Mr. Mellor, so full of snobbery and self-regard as to seem a comedy skit. “Shut up! «New York Times, Dec 14»
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Snobbery may have claimed some political scalps, but it also …
On the other hand, most social historians would probably maintain that true snobbery is a much more complex affair than a peer of the realm looking down on ... «The Independent, Nov 14»
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Stephen Fry blasts ''ghastly snobbery'' of Downton Abbey, but admits …
The QI host has hit out at the ITV period drama 's “ghastly snobbery” in his new ... snobbery and tacked-on noblesse oblige of that horrible Abbey programme. «Mirror.co.uk, Oct 14»
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Zone proposal 'reeks of snobbery'
CHANGING FUTURES: Carmela Hughes and Ardit Hoxha have started a Facebook campaign to encourage people to oppose the exclusion of Glen Innes and ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 14»
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John Bishop reveals his hatred for British snobbery
The comedian, who grew up in council houses, admitted he doesn't like the idea that making money means you are expected to move in different circles, ... «What's On TV, Jun 14»
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Bob Jones: Everyone a target for the snobbery test
Snobbery has brought me much amusement, initially as its target and now, as a privilege of age, in rendering it. I exploited it in my teen years when selling ... «New Zealand Herald, Jun 14»
10
Has the web killed cultural snobbery?
Midway through writing a book based around Céline Dion's album Let's Talk About Love, I decided not to try to get an interview with her. I had the sense, from my ... «Financial Times, May 14»

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