anti-snob
noun[C]
uk/ˌæn.tiˈsnɒb/us/ˌæn.taɪˈsnɑːb/apersonwho isopposedto thebehaviourandattitudesofsnobs(=peoplewhorespectand like onlypeoplewho are of a highsocialclass):
Shedescribesherself as awineanti-snob.
Somebossescan be anti-snobs and going to apublicschoolcouldcountagainst you.
- They show what anti-snobsdismissas "deference" - aconventionalbutunthinkingrespectforelders,teachers, etc.
- Itbecamean anti-snobstatementtowearyourdesignerjacketovercheapsupermarketjeans.
- Thegallerywasestablishedby anti-snobartentrepreneurstofightartsnobbery.
Class & class-consciousness in general
- anti-bourgeois
- arriviste
- bougie
- bourgeois
- gentrify
- go/come down in the worldidiom
- go/come up in the worldidiom
- heap
- 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
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