Meanings
- UKderogatoryuncountableOpenly critical and condescending people viewed collectively.
The sneerocracy, however, are appalled to even countenance that such an uncool character could attract any woman.
2010 December 1, “Actually, Lembit's in the swim”, in Belfast Telegraph2 more examples
While the media sneerocracy only came round to Oliver because of his pro bono project, the huge number of people buying his books and wheeling their Sainsbury's trolleys in his wake had already responded to his charisma.
2002 December 5, Mark Lawson, “The fall and rise of Jamie”, in The GuardianOnly the Cameroons, paralysed as they are by the fashionable prejudices aired at metropolitan dinner tables and the terror of getting on the wrong side of the BBC sneerocracy.
2011, Melanie Phillips, "The election of Australia's new PM Tony Abbott is clear evidence that genuine conservative policies can win elections", Daily Mail, 8 September 2013
Origin
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sneerocracy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sneerocracy
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