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as in arrogant
being or characteristic of a person who has an offensive air of superiority and tends to ignore or disdain anyone regarded as inferior
the restaurant's cuisine is truly superb, but the maître d's aristocratic demeanor is a bit much
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as in noble
of high birth, rank, or station
an impoverished dowager who never lets people forget about her aristocratic origins
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Recent Examples of aristocratic
His aristocratic tastes are reflected in his various building projects, the remains of which have been excavated.
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Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2025
Beyond that, people found the Mitfords’ very, very aristocratic accent extremely annoying.
—Mimi Pond, People.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Based on a true story, the plot follows the aristocratic Von Trapp family as former convent novice Maria (played by Julie Andrews), shows up to be governess and changes their lives.
—Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 11 Sep. 2025
When Coverley and the girls returned to England, in 1969, Lucian arranged for Bella to spend time with some aristocratic hippies who travelled around southern England in caravans.
—Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
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Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2025
Beyond that, people found the Mitfords’ very, very aristocratic accent extremely annoying.
—Mimi Pond, People.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Based on a true story, the plot follows the aristocratic Von Trapp family as former convent novice Maria (played by Julie Andrews), shows up to be governess and changes their lives.
—Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 11 Sep. 2025
When Coverley and the girls returned to England, in 1969, Lucian arranged for Bella to spend time with some aristocratic hippies who travelled around southern England in caravans.
—Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aristocratic
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Three or four decades ago, the newspaperman was appealingly raffish—at once a bum who drank too much and a knight-errant who charged unafraid at social injustice, succored the weak, and crossed lances with the powerful and arrogant.—
David Wingrave,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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Elsewhere, the details lifted from the book suffer in translation – Branagh’s Victor is appropriately arrogant but not adequately tortured; De Niro’s Monster is sensitive and intuitive, but drowns in the film’s hurried, hollow second half.—
Rory Doherty,
Vulture,
20 Oct. 2025
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The noble notion of authorship itself.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
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All the iconography and romanticism around the patriots’ noble cause can mask the contradictions of the era.—
Carlo Versano,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Prizegivers have also in the past been accused of being snobbish, of having an anti-American bias and of ignoring some of the giants of literature, including Russia's Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, France's Emile Zola and Ireland's James Joyce.—
Simon Johnson,
USA Today,
9 Oct. 2025
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The episode was about a fake Lord trying to check in to a seedy seaside hotel, and the snobbish Cleese character who runs the place gets fooled by him.—
Jonathan Margolis,
Air Mail,
20 Sep. 2025
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The 20-year-old was one of many players in the Argentinian squad with solid top-flight experience for their clubs, racking up 13 starts in midfield for Boca Juniors, after being given his opportunity by the great Fernando Gago back in May 2024.—
Thom Harris,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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For me, it’s been really essential to read a lot of great information, and to come at the world filled with knowledge and all these ideas of, in my view, much smarter and braver people than myself.—
Fiction Non Fiction,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Art doesn’t have to be exclusive or elitist.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Oct. 2025
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Compared to other rap tours, YoungBoy’s stage design was more catered to the contemporary rap fan than to an elitist crowd.—
Jayson Buford,
Rolling Stone,
30 Sep. 2025
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The upper-class men have taken the reins, and the young guys have followed them.—
Clark Fahrenthold,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Oct. 2025
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Guadagnino had noted to Piersanti that Alma was an upper-class woman, which informed the wardrobe pricing, while Maggie, played by Edebiri, was trying to emulate Alma but on a younger woman’s budget.—
Leigh Nordstrom,
Footwear News,
16 Oct. 2025
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Don't expect white tablecloths and a snooty ambiance; the culinary gem prides itself on its fun and casual atmosphere.—
Gabi De la Rosa,
Southern Living,
15 Oct. 2025
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Chiefs fans likely will remember Aikman’s snooty social-media message, which was shared exactly six years ago Tuesday.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
23 Sep. 2025
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As the band’s patrician, party-animal bassist, however, Roberts is quite lively, though her subplot takes a backseat to the film’s other story lines.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
10 Oct. 2025
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No boutique hotel in Boston better captures the city’s alchemy of contemporary cool and patrician elegance.—
Todd Plummer,
Vogue,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Aristocratic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aristocratic. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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