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SNOBISM Definition essay It is sometimes hard to define correctly what makes a real snob, but it is certainly the term to be easily and most often pasted on somebody. What kind of a person is a snob, actually? It is someone who attaches enormous importance to social standing, seeks to associate with or imitate those of higher rank, while at the same time looking down on those of lower wealth and status, showing arrogance and despise for them. One of the usual traits of a classical snob is pretentiousness. This is a person who puts social position on a first place at all times, forgetting or choosing to ignore all other features and qualities of another person. Everything belonging to upper class or perceived as such is better, bigger, more interesting. Their friends do not come from all walks of life, but only from the higher classes. In older days, the snob...

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