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reverse snob
noun
a person overly proud of being one of or sympathetic to the common people, and who denigrates or shuns those of superior ability, education, social standing, etc.
Other 51Թ Forms
- reverse snobbery noun
- reverse snobbism noun
Example Sentences
She was delighted, she told The Times, to be called “a reverse snob” by the fashion editor of Le Figaro.
The fashion editor of Le Figaro proclaimed Ms. Stafford “a reverse snob,” which amused her.
The author is also a cheerful reverse snob, celebrating the camp exuberance of the 1960s Batman TV series that so many purists loathe.
My inner reverse snob prefers a dingy yellow cab to a sleek SUV any day.
Epstein, one of America's best essayists, is a snob of the intellectual variety, which means he's a reverse snob.
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