Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

snobocracy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: snoboc-ra-cy
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Snobs, collectively; snobbish behaviour or attitudes.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"You will not surely live to solicit ( as many a fine fellow , alas ! did but last year ) the votes , not even of the people , but merely of the snobocracy , on the ground of your having neither policy nor principles , nor even opinions , upon any matter in heaven or earth"
"Little disappointed, then, she turned attention to "Chat of the Social World," gossip which exercised potent fascination upon the girl's intelligence. She devoured with more avidity than she had her food those pretentiously phrased chronicles of the snobocracy—[…]—distilling therefrom an acid envy that robbed her napoleon of all its flavor."

Etymology

From snob + -o- + -cracy.

Usage

Inflected Forms

snobocracies (plural)

Questions

What does snobocracy mean?: Snobs, collectively; snobbish behaviour or attitudes.
Where does snobocracy come from?: From snob + -o- + -cracy.

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