Snobbish

Value
Common, Moderate: 10 Points • Common, Strong: 15 Points • Common, Total: 20 Points
Description
A character who is Snobbish believes that some people are inherently inferior to him, for any one of a number of possible reasons, including real or supposed intellectual ability, wealth, education, ancestry, cultural tastes, appearance, and so on.
Often, this snobbery tends to reflect the character's own personal characteristics. For example, one of the most common forms of this Complication among the rich is the belief that their wealth is either the cause of or the result of (or both) their own inborn superiority. Another common form is when physically attractive people believe that people who aren't as beautiful as they are have less value as people.
The character tends to look down on everyone he does not consider a part of his own class. He avoids those he finds to be "common", and if he can't avoid them, he bristles whenever he has to come into close contact with them. The character acts condescending at best, and openly insulting at worst, towards those he considers to be "less" than him.
Snobbery usually appears when particular elements of a culture are perceived as belonging to an elite, and some people (the Snobs in question) feel that the mere adoption of the fashion and tastes of the elites is enough to include someone in the elite group.
Another way the Snob functions is to close ranks with other Snobs against outsiders who encroach upon their "territory" by developing elaborate social codes, symbolic status, and recognizable marks of language. For example, Old Money Snobs will work to exclude those who they consider "New Money", and will look down on such people, despite the fact that the New Money may well be the wealthier party.
See Also
Aloof and Superior, Aristocratic Arrogance, Aristocratic/Regal Attitude, Celebrity Worshipper, Elite Attitude, New Money, Noblesse Oblige, Old Money, Overly Concerned With Manners, Values Wealth More Than He Should
Category:Complications
Category:Psychological Complications
Category:Psychological Complications S - T
Category:Personality Traits
Category:Ego-Based Complications