snobbery

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snobbery¹

  • /ˈsnɔbəɹɪj/ British, Southern, Standard

noun snobberies

  1. countable, uncountable The property or trait of being a snob.

    Similar: snobbism

snobbery²

  • /ˈsnɔbəɹɪj/ British, Southern, Standard

Where it comes from

From snob + -ery (adjectival suffix).

adjective more snobbery · most snobbery

  1. colloquial, rare Synonym of snobby. The only thing Volksworld acts snobbery about is the amount of dangerously built shit they have had to put with over the years.

    Similar: snobby

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noun the property or trait of being a snob

Españolpijada, pijotada, esnobismo, señoritismo
中文勢利 /势利 shìli
Portuguêsarrogância, esnobismo
Françaissnobisme
DeutschSnobismus
Ελληνικάακαταδεξιά akatadexiá
Русскийсноби́зм snobízm

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@misc{snobbery_2026,
  title = {snobbery},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/snobbery},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}