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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries속물
Native Script:한국어 한글
Pronunciation / Transliteration: songmul
"그는 예술에 있어서는 완벽한 속물이다."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A person who implicitly believes that their tastes, superior social standing, wealth, or educational status give them the right to look down on others.
"He is such a wine snob that he refuses to drink anything that costs less than fifty dollars a bottle." - 2
A person who admires, imitates, or seeks association with people of high social position while disdaining those of lower standing.
"She became a social snob after joining the country club, ignoring her old neighborhood friends."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Originating in the late 18th century in Great Britain, 'snob' originally appeared in university slang (specifically at Cambridge) to denote a townsman or someone of non-gentle birth. By the 19th century, particularly popularized by William Makepeace Thackeray's 'The Book of Snobs' (1848), the meaning shifted to describe someone who contemptuously mimics social superiors or looks down upon those regarded as socially inferior.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Snob" is said worldwide
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snob
Transliteration: snɔb
"Il est un snob qui ne fréquente que les riches."
Snob
Transliteration: snɔp
"Er ist ein echter Snob, was seine Musikwahl betrifft."
snob
Transliteration: snɔb
"È un perfetto snob quando si tratta di ristoranti."
esnob
Transliteration: esˈnob
"Se comporta como un esnob con la literatura moderna."
snobe
Transliteration: ˈsnɔ.bi
"Ele é muito snobe em relação ao vinho que bebe."
घमंडी
Transliteration: ghamaṇḍī
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"वह अपनी कला के बारे में बहुत बड़ा घमंडी है।"
势利鬼
Transliteration: shìlìguǐ
Script: 中文汉字
"他是一个势利鬼，只和有钱人交朋友。"
속물
Transliteration: songmul
Script: 한국어 한글
"그는 예술에 있어서는 완벽한 속물이다."
スノッブ
Transliteration: sunobbu
Script: 日本語
"彼は映画に関してはかなりのスノッブだ。"
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