snobbery

The sniffy behaviour employed by a snob. Behaving in a superior fashion to others on account of their perceived (or actual) status in relationship to one's own.

Toff: 'Look at those oiks, they are wearing poor shoes, how ghastly, ugh, wide berth Timothy, wide berth...'
Oik: 'See they uppity nigguhz? Nevah done a day's work nevah. Heh - they all book-lurned n'shit. That's snobbery right there *hokspit*'