reverse snob

noun

a person overly proud of being one of or sympathetic to the common people, and who denigrates or shuns those of superior ability, education, social standing, etc.

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She was delighted, she told The Times, to be called “a reverse snob” by the fashion editor of Le Figaro.

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The fashion editor of Le Figaro proclaimed Ms. Stafford “a reverse snob,” which amused her.

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The author is also a cheerful reverse snob, celebrating the camp exuberance of the 1960s Batman TV series that so many purists loathe.

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My inner reverse snob prefers a dingy yellow cab to a sleek SUV any day.

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Epstein, one of America's best essayists, is a snob of the intellectual variety, which means he's a reverse snob.

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