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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
In my experience, some Americans with an overly keen interest in English aristocratic traditions seem motivated by disdain for their fellow citizens who are not descended from white Europeans.
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Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 9 June 2026
Born in San Antonio to a mother who was a maid to his aristocratic father, who refused to claim him.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 8 June 2026
Blending aristocratic grandeur with youthful energy, the imagery aims to celebrate individuality rather than uniformity, the company noted.
—Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 3 June 2026
Yet as the season progresses, Lestat reunites with his hot undead mom (an icy Jennifer Ehle), and his origins as an aristocratic misfit in 18th century France come into focus, the new episodes feel increasingly in sync with Interview.
—Judy Berman, Time, 2 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for aristocratic
Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 9 June 2026
Born in San Antonio to a mother who was a maid to his aristocratic father, who refused to claim him.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 8 June 2026
Blending aristocratic grandeur with youthful energy, the imagery aims to celebrate individuality rather than uniformity, the company noted.
—Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 3 June 2026
Yet as the season progresses, Lestat reunites with his hot undead mom (an icy Jennifer Ehle), and his origins as an aristocratic misfit in 18th century France come into focus, the new episodes feel increasingly in sync with Interview.
—Judy Berman, Time, 2 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aristocratic
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The two roles underline the actor’s formidable versatility, all skittish panic in the former and arrogant sociopathy in the other.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
13 June 2026
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Washington State’s beauty is almost arrogant in its expansiveness.—
C Pam Zhang,
Travel + Leisure,
11 June 2026
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In recent days, young Knicks fans have been made to digest from their dreary Boomer elders heavy doses of old-timey hoops lore, but mainly about the 1970 title series, featuring Willis Reed’s limping, yet noble appearance in Game Seven, his injured leg shot up with painkillers.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
14 June 2026
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The work also avoided the use of expensive noble metals, which are commonly used in high-performance catalysts.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
13 June 2026
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Hytes, Season 13’s winner Symone, and Season 15’s Marcia Marcia Marcia, who is credited in the film by her real name Marty Lauter, play a trio of snobbish train attendants on the luxurious Glamazonian Hyper Speed Rail.—
Matthew Huff,
IndieWire,
8 June 2026
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Until the start of the seventies and especially throughout the fifties, Fiedler was discerning without being snobbish, avant-garde without being faddish.—
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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The tornadoes that do form in the higher risk area could become intense — EF3 strength or greater — and might also travel long distances.—
Mary Gilbert,
CNN Money,
17 June 2026
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Most hotels sit behind the main road, often thronged with tourists and traffic noise, but the Regent Shanghai on the Bund gives guests great views without the fuss.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 June 2026
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Contrary to their largely fiscal conservative rhetoric and critiques of universities as overly woke and elitist, Republicans generally sponsor earmarks with gusto across the board, including for colleges and universities.—
Heather McCambly,
The Conversation,
8 June 2026
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But no, the competition is more elitist than ever.—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
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Middle- and upper-class women began to pre-book male midwives.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 June 2026
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Lady Caroline Blackwood drew on her own upper-class, Anglo-Irish upbringing for this autobiographical fiction about the multigenerational destruction of women by their own families, and the novel has the unshakeable, freaky urgency of truth.—
Rachel Syme,
New Yorker,
10 June 2026
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While the early years saw one of TV’s best on-and-off romances between man-of-the-people Sam and snooty-pants (but sweet and sincere) Diane, played by the miraculous Shelley Long, the show didn’t miss a step when Diane split and Sam sold the bar to Kirstie Alley’s girlboss Rebecca.—
Jordan Hoffman,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 June 2026
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Particularly his wife, who’s in the running to join a snooty women’s club.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
7 June 2026
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Raised in the patrician circles of New York, Sister Parish opened her firm, in 1933 after her family’s fortunes declined following the 1929 market crash.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
22 May 2026
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For patrician statesmen, grandeur is usually understated, radiating restraint rather than gawk-inspiring shows of brazen wealth.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Fortune,
13 Apr. 2026
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“Aristocratic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aristocratic. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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