Example sentences for: snobbery

How can you use “snobbery” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • As another example, the indigenous people of the Arctic are, as far as I know, still commonly referred to in the United States as Eskimos; but for some time now the PC term in Canada has been Inuit, a term which affords great scope for PC snobbery, as it can be fairly complicated; the people are Inuit; the language is Inuitituk; and an individual is an Inuk.

  • Certainly it is a macho, masculine kind of thing, with more than a touch of adolescent snobbery in one's familiarity with a special treasure, such as snafu or B.F.D. (q.v. for yourself).

  • Art dealing as a profession originated mainly in France, where it began its long association with social snobbery.

  • Those at the top of society have not helped matters by their tendency to inverted snobbery.

  • Through verbal performances, joking, and narrating humorous anecdotes, an individual can suspend elements of gravity, snobbery, or socially imposed acceptable conduct.


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