Everybody thinks pretentiousness begins one level of affectation above themselves and snobbery ends one level below them
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It doesn't sound like being between snobbery and pretension is a good place either. What is this gradient you're setting up..?
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Interesting. Was far more familiar with the second definition here—read snobbery/pretension as exact same.
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iirc first sense was dominant sense for a long time possible because it's an English word and evolved around English class system
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