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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 The tourbillon version encases an appealing tension between the 270-piece complication’s visceral architecture and Roth’s flair for aristocratic typefaces and theatrical curves. —
Adam Erace, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2026 Because the feudal courts, chivalric codes, and aristocratic patronage that had sustained it were gone. —Daniel Birnbaum, Artforum, 2 Apr. 2026 The poisoning of a champion stallion opens an investigation that starts to expose tensions and secrets inside an aristocratic horse breeding dynasty. —Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 24 Mar. 2026 The series begins with her and Jolyon’s wedding, and Francis certainly thinks that her six-episode season will be about ensuring her family’s ascendency into aristocratic society by finding a suitable match for her daughter June (Justine Emma Moore). —Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 23 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for aristocratic
Adam Erace, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2026 Because the feudal courts, chivalric codes, and aristocratic patronage that had sustained it were gone. —Daniel Birnbaum, Artforum, 2 Apr. 2026 The poisoning of a champion stallion opens an investigation that starts to expose tensions and secrets inside an aristocratic horse breeding dynasty. —Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 24 Mar. 2026 The series begins with her and Jolyon’s wedding, and Francis certainly thinks that her six-episode season will be about ensuring her family’s ascendency into aristocratic society by finding a suitable match for her daughter June (Justine Emma Moore). —Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 23 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for aristocratic
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To this point, the Heat arguably have been too stubborn, or too arrogant, in belief that the quick fix was just around the corner.— Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 15 Apr. 2026
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His style is relaxed and confident, not arrogant.— Tara Klein, SPIN, 15 Apr. 2026
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Sorrell was skeptical of sorting jobs into categories of good versus bad, or noble versus corrupt.— Emma Green, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2026
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Without this context, stories are more akin to ad copy for a seemingly noble cause than neutral, helpful reporting.— U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
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That rationale extends to my loungewear taste, which my friends would call particularly snobbish.— Annie Blackman, InStyle, 11 Apr. 2026
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The anti-pop animus of classic rock criticism reflected nothing so much as a neurotic puritanism, or maybe just a snobbish inability to hear the deep beauty of pop.— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 29 Mar. 2026
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Counsell thought Suzuki’s at-bats looked good from the onset of Tuesday’s game and felt the swings in his first at-bat were a great sign.— Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 22 Apr. 2026
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What’s the greatest celebrity notes app apology of all time?— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 21 Apr. 2026
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Through favors and coercion, both couples vie for the approval of the elitist club’s billionaire owner, Chairwoman Park (Youn Yuh Jung), who struggles to manage her own scandal involving her second husband, Doctor Kim (Song Kang Ho).— Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 8 Apr. 2026
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Not in a precious or elitist way, but with the same keen sense of discernment that seasoned improvisers like her have to use when deciding which instincts to trust.— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 20 Mar. 2026
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Directed by Alfonso Cuarón and starring a cast of relatively unknown Mexican actors, the black-and-white film follows Cleo (Yalitza Aparicio), a housekeeper for an upper-class family in the 1970s, where Cuarón himself grew up.— James Mercadante, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Apr. 2026
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The play follows two upper-class wives who, left alone while their husbands are away, rekindle memories of past romances over drinks.— Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 8 Apr. 2026
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Paramount+’s The Madison is a tale of two shows, one a dire lampooning of snooty New York elites and one a searing portrait of grief and healing anchored by Pfeiffer’s raw intensity.— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 8 Apr. 2026
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Tommy is on a one-man sub-baking, mayo-squirting, cheese-melting mission to convert London’s snooty sandwich-nibblers to hearty American sub-munchers.— Dominic Green, The Washington Examiner, 20 Mar. 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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As an industrious and self-reliant senior, Ringwald essentially baby-sits her chronically myopic father (Harry Dean Stanton), sews her own clothes and contends with the condescension of her patrician peers.— Duane Byrge, HollywoodReporter, 31 Mar. 2026
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“Aristocratic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/aristocratic. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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