单词 | snobocracy |
释义 | snobocracyn. 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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