inverted snobbery
A form of snobbery where the practitioner deprecates the target for attributes that…A form of snobbery where the practitioner deprecates the target for attributes that would normally be considered desirable (particularly wealth).
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)A form of snobbery where the practitioner deprecates the target for attributes that would normally be considered desirable (particularly wealth).
His dislike of the residents of the wealthier neighbourhood was simply inverted snobbery.
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.