Snob

Caricature of American lawyer and socialite Ward McAllister (1855–1908) pointing Uncle Sam to "an English Snob of the 19th Century" and saying how he must imitate him or "you will nevah be a gentleman". Uncle Sam is shown laughing heartily.

Snob is a pejorative term for a person who feels superior due to their social class, education level, or social status in general;[1] it is sometimes used especially when they pretend to belong to these classes. The word snobbery came into use for the first time in England during the 1820s.

  1. ^ De Botton, A. (2004), Status Anxiety. London: Hamish Hamilton