What does “snobbish airs” mean?

Question

The book, I am reading provides pretensions meaning as “ snobbish airs”.

what does “snobbish airs” mean? I could not get actual meaning from the net search.

And help with pretensions meanings, if there is any other than “snobbish airs” thanks

these are the details gathered, but without solid answer:

pretensions = the appearance of being more important or more serious than there is reason for; snobbish airs

praetens(latin) = alleged

snob = a person with an exaggerated respect for high social position or wealth who seeks to associate with social superiors and looks down on those regarded as socially inferior.

snob (latin) = cobbler cobbler = a person whose job is mending shoes;

let the cobbler stick to his last — people should only concern themselves with things they know something about.

snobbish = relating to, characteristic of, or like a snob;

airs = affected manners intended to impress others

Answer 1

As your dictionary says, a "snob" is someone who thinks that they are socially superior (the etymology about cobblers is interesting but not part of the modern meaning)

And "airs" are your style and manners, especially when you act like a snob. Snobbish airs are when you look down on other people because you think they are inferior.

Pretentious is simply "pretending to be higher class" Someone who is pretentious might try to use high class speech. But they usually make some mistake and people can tell that they are only pretending.

So all these words are about pretending to have high social class. And treating other people as inferior when they have low social class.

Do you have social class in your culture? Do people pretend to be high class even though they are not? Those people are pretentious. Do people from high class sometimes treat people from low class badly. Do people treat high class people better than they treat low class people. Then they are snobs.