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单词 snobbism
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snobbismn.

Forms: Also snobism [cf. snobisme n. ]
Etymology: < snob n.1 3.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsnobbism.
The characteristic qualities of a snob; snobbishness. Also, an instance or manifestation of this.
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the mind > emotion > pride > pretension to superiority > [noun] > snobbery
snobbism1845
snobbishness1846
snobbiness1851
snobbery1903
snobisme1913
elitism1956
society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > [noun] > parvenu or imitator of upper classes > quality or condition of
snobbery1843
snobbism1845
snobbishness1846
snobbiness1851
parvenuism1852
parvenudom1872
snobisme1913
society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > [noun] > parvenu or imitator of upper classes > instance of
snobbery1866
snobbism1884
snobisme1913
1845 Punch June 254/1 We never saw any living creature in such a high state of snobbism.
1856 ‘G. Eliot’ in Westm. Rev. July 69 As long as snobbism runs in the blood, why should it not run in our speech?
1869 Daily News 2 Sept. All that has been said latterly about the snobbism of our countrymen..on their travels.
1884 Contemp. Rev. Oct. 545 Is there any society..where such a piece of snobbism could be represented as possible.
1895 Times 21 Nov. 11/2 He panders either to the morbid egomania of the sitter or to the snobbism of his readers.
1923 J. M. Murry Pencillings 36 Dickens is safe, so safe indeed that within the next twelve months he may become a snobism in his turn... Although I have floundered into most of the artistic snobisms of my time..I have never deserted Mr. Micawber.
1932 P. Balfour Society Racket i. 48 ‘Belle's Letters’, in which the great social figures..liked to be mentioned and to have their dresses described, is nauseous in its unabashed and luscious snobism.
1940 H. G. Wells All aboard for Ararat iii. 84 Some mysterious process of snobism.
1966 Punch 20 July 124/2 It deflates a lot of irritating snobbisms and pomposities.
1972 Science 12 May 620/1 A union representative must cope with the inevitable snobbism of the better educated engineer or chemist.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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