In the snobbery of science, each branch attempts to rise in the social scale by imitating the methods of the next higher science and by ignoring the methods and phenomena of the sciences beneath.
But music is, at the very minimum, inflammatory, exclusionary, divisive, encouraging of snobbery and solipsism.
It is a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy without money.
We learned pretty early on in this band that you can't have snobbery in music.
There is a level of snobbery and fickleness in L.A.
There's no snobbery or resentment from serious polo people towards those who just come for the party.
My mum especially listens to music in a way that is incredibly feelings-based. There's virtually no snobbery about what sounds are in it, she just wants to hear a song and that is quite refreshing.
The Oscar gap that exists between the academy and its audience isn't snobbery or liberal elitism as much as it reflects a different grading scale. Most moviegoers look for entertainment, while the academy looks for art.
Is class snobbery a social reality in the United States? Absolutely, and the kind that's codified by meritocracy is probably more toxic than the old-fashioned kind based on bloodlines.