elitist
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7.0
- adjective
- /ɪˈliːtɪst/
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elitista
- The Greek system can only be considered elitist if you buy into that viewpoint.
- an elitist attitude
- an elitist view
- an elitist position
The shinier and more arrogant and snobbier and more elitist, the more I shut down.
- The shinier and more arrogant and snobbier and more elitist, the more I shut down.
- I mean, I don't want to be elitist to quite that extent.
- I mean, it's just just God, you want to call us elitist?
- I should note, although somebody did say their comments said iPhone users are so elitist.
- When we think about all communities, not just rich communities, not just rich white people, it's not an elitist thing that you're trying to tackle.
- Doing to someone is often elitist, arrogant, entitled, presumptuous, unempathic, and aggressive.
- Well, would it not seem elitist if you're living in a flashy, posh apartment in DC that comes equipped with a rooftop pool and a golf simulator?
Examples
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Citizens must build links across ethnic and regional divides to challenge elitist hierarchies and rule by strongmen.
Academic text (2008) -
Education doesn't begin with some elitist, bureaucratic notion of what people ought to learn.
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Golf, at its heart, is elitist and proud of it.
Fiction book (2001) -
With the Great Society, social-policy making in the U.S. became much more elitist than it ever was before.
Academic text (1991) -
In contrast, the universities' position could be made to look exclusionary and elitist.
Academic text (2011) -
There are two obvious objections to my proposals: that they are elitist, and that they are impossibly idealistic.
Academic text (1993) -
Babbitt, like so many of his ideological soulmates, remained both elitist and anti-democratic in his thinking.
Academic text (1992) -
The conference was criticized for its elitist approach, as only a select group of experts were invited to participate.
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Her elitist views on education make her dismiss any teaching methods aimed at helping all students succeed.
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Many people feel that the elitist attitude of some politicians alienates them from the needs of ordinary citizens.
Synonyms
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7.4
Acting as if you are better than other people
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6.3
A person who thinks they are better than other people and looks down on them
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5.3
Acting like you are better than other people because of their money or clothes
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9.3
Giving some people or groups more power than others
Antonyms
Compounds
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7.5
A way of thinking that makes you feel better than others and makes you treat them as less important
A rule that gives special advantages to rich or powerful people rather than everyone
How Elitist
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word elitist comes from elite, meaning 'the chosen best', and the ending -ist, which can show 'a quality or attitude'. So when someone or something is elitist, they act as if a small, chosen group is better and should get special treatment.