different between dogmatic vs snob

English

Alternative forms

• dogmatical

Etymology

From French dogmatique, from Late Latin dogmaticus, from Hellenistic Ancient Greek ?????????? (dogmatikós, “didactic”), from ????? (dógma, “dogma”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d???mat?k/

Adjective

dogmatic (comparative more dogmatic, superlative most dogmatic)

1. (philosophy, medicine) Adhering only to principles which are true a priori, rather than truths based on evidence or deduction.
   • 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, Lecture I:

     Dogmatic philosophies have sought for tests for truth which might dispense us from appealing to the future. Some direct mark, by noting which we can be protected immediately and absolutely, now and forever, against all mistake—such has been the darling dream of philosophic dogmatists.

2. Pertaining to dogmas; doctrinal.
3. Asserting dogmas or beliefs in a superior or arrogant way; opinionated, dictatorial.

Translations

Noun

dogmatic (plural dogmatics)

1. One of an ancient sect of physicians who went by general principles; opposed to the empiric.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French dogmatique and Latin dogmaticus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /do??ma.tik/

Adjective

dogmatic m or n (feminine singular dogmatic?, masculine plural dogmatici, feminine and neuter plural dogmatice)

1. dogmatic

Declension

Related terms

• dogmatism
• dogm?

English

Etymology

Late 18th century dialectical English snob (“cobbler”), of unknown origin. Early senses of the word carried the meaning of "lower status;" it was then used to describe those seeking to imitate those of higher wealth or status. Folk etymology derives it from the Latin phrase sine nobilitate (“without nobility”), but early uses had no connection to this.

The modern sense was popularized by William Makepeace Thackeray in The Book of Snobs (1848).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: sn?b, IPA^(key): /sn?b/
• (General American) enPR: sn?b, IPA^(key): /sn?b/
• Rhymes: -?b

Noun

snob (plural snobs)

1. (informal, derogatory) A person who wishes to be seen as a member of the upper classes and who looks down on those perceived to have inferior or unrefined tastes. [from 20th c.]
   • 1958, Arnold Wesker, Roots:

     If wanting the best things in life means being a snob then glory hallelujah I'm a snob.

2. (colloquial) A cobbler or shoemaker. [from 18th c.]
   • 1929, Frederic Manning, The Middle Parts of Fortune, Vintage 2014, p. 57:

     The snobs were also kind to him, and gave him a pair of boots which they assured him were of a type and quality reserved entirely for officers […]

3. (dated) A member of the lower classes; a commoner. [from 19th c.]
   • 1844, Charles Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit:

     'D'ye know a slap-up sort of button, when you see it?' said the youth. 'Don't look at mine, if you ain't a judge, because these lions' heads was made for men of men of taste: not snobs.'

   • 1913, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Poison Belt:

     I tell you, sir, that I have a brain of my own, and that I should feel myself to be a snob and a slave if I did not use it.

4. (archaic) A workman who works for lower wages than his fellows, or who will not join a strike.
5. (Cambridge University) A townsman, as opposed to a gownsman.

   Synonym: cad

Coordinate terms

• posh
• social climber

Derived terms

• snobbery, snobbism
• snobbish
• snobby
• snobbiness
• snobbishness
• snobbishly
• snob effect
• snob value

Translations

Further reading

• snob on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “snob”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “snob”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

References

Anagrams

• BN(O)s, BNOs, BSON, bo's'n, bos'n, nobs

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English snob.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?p

Noun

snob m (plural snobs, diminutive snobje n)

1. snob

Anagrams

• bons

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English snob.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sn?b/

Adjective

snob (plural snobs)

1. snobbish, snobby

Noun

snob m or f (plural snobs)

1. snob

Derived terms

• snober
• snobinard
• snobisme
• snobissime

Further reading

• “snob” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• bons

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English snob.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?zn?b/

Noun

snob m (invariable)

1. snob

Adjective

snob (invariable)

1. snobbish

References

Polish

Etymology

From English snob.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sn?p/
• Homophone: snop

Noun

snob m pers (feminine snobka)

1. snob (person who seeks to be a member of the upper classes)

Declension

Derived terms

• (verbs) snobowa?, snobizowa?
• (noun) snobizm

Related terms

• (adjective) snobistyczny
• (adverb) snobistycznie

Further reading

• snob in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• snob in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From French snob.

Adjective

snob m or n (feminine singular snob?, masculine plural snobi, feminine and neuter plural snobe)

1. snobbish

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from English snob.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /snôb/

Noun

sn?b m (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. snob

Declension

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from English snob.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sn?p/

Noun

snob m (genitive singular snoba, nominative plural snobi, genitive plural snobov, declension pattern of chlap)

1. snob

Declension

Derived terms

• snobka
• snobský
• snobsky
• snobstvo

Further reading

• snob in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk