SNOBBERY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does snobbery mean? 

• SNOBBERY (noun)
  The noun SNOBBERY has 1 sense:

1. the trait of condescending to those of lower social status

  Familiarity information: SNOBBERY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SNOBBERY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The trait of condescending to those of lower social status

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

snobbery; snobbishness; snobbism

Hypernyms ("snobbery" is a kind of...):

arrogance; haughtiness; hauteur; high-handedness; lordliness (overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "snobbery"):

clannishness; cliquishness; exclusiveness (tendency to associate with only a select group)

 Context examples 

For Daisy was young and her artificial world was redolent of orchids and pleasant, cheerful snobbery and orchestras which set the rhythm of the year, summing up the sadness and suggestiveness of life in new tunes.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)