snob·bery

snob·bery
/ˈsnɑːbəri/ noun [noncount]
disapproving : the behavior or attitude of people who think they are better than other people : the behavior or attitude of snobs

the snobbery of some wine connoisseurs

(chiefly US) By a kind of reverse snobbery, he hated people from educated families and bragged about his working-class relatives.


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