Meaning

1 senses
  1. (derogatory, usually)Someone who believes in or is perceived as believing in rule by an elite group.

    Elitist, Elitistin

    someone who believes in rule by an elite group

Examples

10 sentences
  1. Are you an elitist?

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  2. Tom is an elitist.

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  3. I'm anything but an elitist.

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  4. The words "elitist" and "elitism" are often used by anti-intellectuals.

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  5. Criticizing something as being "elitist" is often a disguised form of anti-intellectualism.

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Translations

4 languages
Deutsch
someone who believes in rule by an elite group:

Forms

plural: elitists
Singularelitist
Pluralelitists

regular

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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