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  • n  the trait of condescending to those of lower social status

  • They were also antiliberal, anti-Negro, and anti-Semitic for a number of reasons, including Irish racial snobbism.
  • Flutists tell dark tales of suicides among "rejected" second violinists; trumpet players attribute the snobbism of first violinists to an "identity crisis" resulting from their .
  • Gill's answer has a whiff of intergenerational snobbism.
News & Articles

  • Homemade Tomato Soup Is Easier (And Better) Than You Think
    Kraft Macaroni & Cheese. Totino's Pizza Rolls. Campbell's Tomato Soup. These are all delicious, if corporate and perhaps a touch neon, foodstuffs. No snobbism here: I love these things, and it's pretttty likely that you—yes, you there, you reading this—love them, too. They're comforting. They're easy. They taste the way they always did. And so, despite what fussbudget foodie-type folks say, they ...
    April 23, 2014 - Deadspin
Quotes

  • Jacques Pepin in WFtv.com
    Pepin said Child "had no snobbism about food whatsoever. She loved iceberg lettuce."
  • Sally Ann Howes in Cincinnati Post
    Politically, it's still here today. You know, the class system - the haves and have nots,Howes said. "It also has the snobbism that still is around. On top of that, you've got this incredible story of two people. It's a most marvelous kind...
  • Jan Morris in Sydney Morning Herald
    Jan Morris said of Chatwin: "Too much for me. Snobbism, equally camp and genuine; showy connoisseurship of a quirky kind; the deadly energy of a raconteur; the insensitivity of the tuft hunter; a gift for mimicry; sexual ambiguity of the Strength...

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