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n. - The trait of condescending to those of lower social status.

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  • And, Pari - there is a built-in snobbery from some indies regarding mass market authors.
  • What the OP mentions could be title snobbery or it could be professional respect for peers
  • Your East Coast intellectual and social snobbery is leaking out around the mask, old buddy.
  • This snobbery is perhaps the last remaining vestige or outcrop of the once formidable massif of Victorian optimism.
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