A
snob, guilty of
snobbery, is a person who adopts the world-view that some people are inherently inferior to others for any one of a variety of reasons including real or supposed
intellect,
wealth,
education, ancestry, etc.[
citation needed]. Often, the form of snobbery reflects the offending individual's socio-economic background. For example, a common snobbery of the affluent is the affectation that wealth is either the cause or result of superiority, or both as in the case of privileged children. However, a form of snobbery can be adopted by someone not a part of that group;
Pseudo-intellectual is a type of snob. Such a snob imitates the manners, adopts the world-view and affects the
lifestyle of a
social class of people to which he or she aspires, but does not yet belong to, and to which he or she may never belong to.
A snob is perceived by those being imitated as an
"arriviste", perhaps
nouveau riche or
parvenu, and the
elite group closes ranks to exclude such outsiders, often by developing elaborate social codes,
symbolic status and recognizable marks of language. The snobs in response refine their behavior model (
Norbert Elias 1983).
You have to feel sorry for snobs, there very insecure alot of my very rich clients in Mayfair/Belgravia/area of London have all the trappings of the super rich. but so many are so very unhappy deep down wracked with insecurities
I for one am always glad to leave there homes and get out into the real world
Your post was elegant sincere and beautiful
You are a Kelly girl, and I am sure there is one waiting for you its got your name written all over it and one day she will arrive
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That is so sweet
