| Main Entry: | snobbery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | presumption |
Synonyms: |
airs, arrogance, hauteur, pomposity, pretension, snobbishness, snootiness |
| Main Entry: | contempt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disdain, disrespect |
Synonyms: |
antipathy, audacity, aversion, condescension, contumely, defiance, derision, despisal, despisement, despite, disesteem, disregard, distaste, hatred, indignity, malice, mockery, neglect, recalcitrance, repugnance, ridicule, scorn, slight, snobbery, stubbornness |
| Notes: | contempt is a more engaged, more involved feeling of disapproval than disdain |
Antonyms: |
admiration, affection, approbation, approval, endorsement, love, regard, respect, sanction |
| Main Entry: | pretension |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | airs, snobbishness |
Synonyms: |
affectation, big talk, charade, conceit, disguise, fake*, false front, front, hypocrisy, ostentation, phony, pomposity, pretentiousness, put-on, self-importance, show, showboat, showiness, showoff, snobbery, splash*, vainglory, vanity |
Antonyms: |
honesty, humility |
| Main Entry: | pride |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | arrogance, self-importance |
Synonyms: |
airs, assumption, big-headedness, cockiness, conceit, condescension, contumely, disdain, disdainfulness, egoism, egotism, haughtiness, hauteur, hubris, huff, immodesty, insolence, loftiness, narcissism, overconfidence, patronage, pragmatism, presumption, pretension, pretentiousness, proud flesh, self-exaltation, self-love, smugness, snobbery, superbity, superciliousness, swagger, swelled head, vainglory, vanity |
Antonyms: |
humility, modesty, shyness, timidity |
| Main Entry: | vainglory |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pride |
Synonyms: |
arrogance, big-headedness, boastfulness, bragging, cockiness, conceit, condescension, egoism, egotism, haughtiness, huff, overconfidence, patronage, presumption, pretension, self-importance, smugness, snobbery, strutting, swagger, swelled head, vanity |
| Main Entry: | class consciousness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | class distinction |
Synonyms: |
class difference, class hatred, class identity, class politics, class prejudice, class struggle, class war, discrimination, snobbery |
| Main Entry: | priggishness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prudishness |
Synonyms: |
pretentiousness, prudery, puritanism, snobbery |
| Main Entry: | grandioseness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pretentiousness |
Synonyms: |
affectation, big talk, charade, conceit, disguise, fake*, false front, front, grandiosity, hypocrisy, ostentation, phony, pomposity, pompousness, pretension, put-on, self-importance, show, showboat, showiness, showoff, snobbery, splash*, va, vainglory |
| Main Entry: | grandiosity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pretentiousness |
Synonyms: |
affectation, big talk, charade, conceit, disguise, fake*, false front, front, grandioseness, hypocrisy, ostentation, phony, pomposity, pompousness, pretension, put-on, self-importance, show, showboat, showiness, showoff, snobbery, splash*, vainglory |
| Main Entry: | pompousness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pretentiousness |
Synonyms: |
affectation, big talk, charade, conceit, disguise, fake*, false front, front, grandioseness, grandiosity, hypocrisy, ostentation, phony*, pomposity, pretension, put-on, self-importance, show, showboat, showiness, showoff, snobbery, splash*, vainglory, vanity |
