inverted snobbery
noun[U]
UKdisapprovinguk/ɪnˌvɜː.tɪd ˈsnɒb.ər.i/us/ɪnˌvɝː.t̬ɪd ˈsnɑː.bɚ.i/behaviourandopinionsthat aretypicalof aninvertedsnob:
Yourinvertedsnobberyisshowing.
It's ofteninvertedsnobbery-peoplelookat you andthinkugh,poshschoolandOxford.
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inverted snob
- Indeed, today asortofinvertedsnobberyoperates, soaccentseither have to beregionalor acuriouslybland"EstuaryEnglish".
- It's notuncommonamongmusicianstofindinvertedsnobberyorevenenvytowards those whosetalentsmight be said to bedisproportionatetotheirincomesandtheiraudiences.
- Anoutbreakofinvertedsnobberyhasgrippedthe barbecue-diners of Sydney. They'reinvestigatingtheirfamilytreesin thehopeoffindingaconvictedfelonin thebranches.
- Theproblemwithinvertedsnobberyis that ittendstocelebratethewrongkindofworking-classculture: the non-workingkind, infact.
Class & class-consciousness in general
- anti-bourgeois
- anti-snob
- arriviste
- bougie
- gentrification
- gentrify
- go/come down in the worldidiom
- go/come up in the worldidiom
- petit bourgeois
- petty bourgeois
- pleb
- plebby
- social mobility
- the bottom of the heapidiom
- the gentry
- the petite bourgeoisie
- the upper crust
- trailer trash
- underclass
- upper class