SNOBBISHNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does snobbishness mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SNOBBISHNESS (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 ("snobbishness" 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 "snobbishness"):

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

Derivation:

snobbish (befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior)