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And cruder people in general tend to consider pomposity what's just eloquence or refined prose.

Besides, for many people there's nothing wrong with what some call "snobbery" but they call elitism or quality or high brow, etc.

They're not "snobs" caring who has this or that ancestry, who has expensive clothes, etc., but particular about language, expression, etc. Which is par for the course of being a writer, artist, or intellectual in general.