snobocracyn.
/snɒˈbɒkrəsi/ The class of snobs, as having some power or exerting some influence.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > rule or government > rule of any class or persons > ruling class or group > [noun] > other ruling classes or groups
stratocracy1652
Praetorian Guard1735
oligarchy1823
vampirarchy1823
hierocracy1828
gerontocracy1830
Whigocracy1831
plantocracy1839
mediocracy1845
squattocracy1846
snobocracy1853
pedantocracy1856
foolocracy1859
thugocracy1896
pigmentocracy1949
xenocracy1965
the mind > emotion > pride > pretension to superiority > [noun] > snobbery > snob > class of
snobdom1846
snobocracy1853
society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > [noun] > parvenu or imitator of upper classes > collectively
snobbery1833
snobdom1846
snobocracy1853
shoddy1862
shoddydom1868
1853 J. M. Richmond Let. 17 July in Richmond–Atkinson Papers (1960) I. 129 His impartiality..is not satisfactory to the ‘snobocracy’, as Jas calls the genteel of this place.
1854 C. J. Lever Dodd Family Abroad lxvii The fun derived from watching the ‘snobocracy’ I have mentioned.
1858 C. Kingsley Mad World my Masters in Misc. (1860) I. 138 Soliciting the votes, not of the people, but of the Snobocracy.
1885 Manch. Examiner 7 Apr. 4/4 The Orange flag..would be floating over the houses of the Dublin snobocracy.
Derivatives
snoboˈcratic adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pride > pretension to superiority > [adjective] > snobbish > relating to class of snobs
snobocratic1960
1960 Times Lit. Suppl. 16 Sept. 589/1 These days of tax-evader farmers and snobocratic huntsmen.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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