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.

This is the snobbery of the people on the Mayflower looking down their noses at the people who came over ON THE SECOND BOAT!

Ah, beware of snobbery; it is the unwelcome recognition of one's own past failings.

His hatred of snobs was a derivative of his snobbishness, but made the simpletons (in other words, everyone) believe that he was immune from snobbishness

Snobbery is the pride of those who are not sure of their position

[This is a far cry from the unabashed snobbery that characterized places like the Stork Club.] If you look at the history of restaurant design, it used to be much more tied to class distinctions, ... The idea of a totally egalitarian system would have been unthinkable.