Snob (English spelling)

Japanese: スノッブ(英語表記)snob
Snob (English spelling)
It is translated as "snob" and usually means a person who is pretentious, follows the trends, or pretends to know things, but it cannot be completely defined. It can be said to be a person who at least feels superior to the masses and uses that feeling of superiority as a bond to form groups with people of the same kind, or who wants to form groups. The word snob is an English slang term from the late 18th century, but people with this mentality (called snobbism) can be found as a social phenomenon in every era and society. Especially since the 19th century, they have appeared in social gatherings and among the upper classes, and have been described in literary works by WM Thackeray and M. Proust. Snobs are also people who shape the trends and tastes of the times before the masses. When Marxists use this word, they refer to people who distort principles in order to be popular, as well as bourgeois and petit bourgeois.

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Japanese:
「俗物」と訳され,普通気どり屋,時流を追う者,知ったかぶりをする者などを意味するが,完全に定義しえない。少くとも自分を大衆よりはすぐれていると感じ,その優越感を絆 (きずな) に同類の人間だけでグループを結成し,また結成しようと欲する人物といえる。 snobという語は 18世紀後半のイギリスの隠語であるが,このような精神態度 (スノビズムという) をもつ人間は社会現象としてどの時代,どの社会にも見出される。特に 19世紀以後社交場や上流階級に現れ,文学作品においても W. M.サッカレーや M.プルーストにより描写されている。スノッブはまた時代の流行,趣味を大衆に先立って形成する者ともなる。マルクス主義者がこの言葉を使う場合,通俗性を求めて原理を歪曲する者,またブルジョア,プチブルジョアをいう。

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