noun
Meaning 1
The state or quality of being snobbish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
snobbishness
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noun
Meaning 2
The result or product of being snobbish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
the trait of condescending to those of lower social status
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: snobbery, snobbism
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: arrogance, haughtiness, hauteur, high-handedness, lordliness
Narrower terms: clannishness, cliquishness, exclusiveness
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English snob Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English snobbish Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English snobbishness From snobbish + -ness.
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: snobistisuus — state or quality
- Finnish: snobismi — state or quality
- French: snobisme — state or quality
- Italian: snobismo — state or quality
- Latin: superbia — state or quality
- Polish: snobizm — state or quality
- Romanian: snobism — state or quality
- Spanish: esnobismo — state or quality
- Turkish: snobizm — state or quality
- Turkish: züppelik — state or quality
- Ukrainian: снобізм (snobizm) — state or quality
- Finnish: snobismi — result or product