elitist

elitist
[[t]ɪli͟ːtɪst, eɪ-[/t]]
elitists
1) ADJ-GRADED (disapproval) Elitist systems, practices, or ideas favour the most powerful, rich, or talented people within a group, place, or society.

The party leadership denounced the Bill as elitist...

Skiing is old-fashioned, elitist and boring...

The legal profession is starting to be less elitist and more representative.

2) N-COUNT (disapproval) An elitist is someone who has elitist ideas or is part of an elite.

He was an elitist who had no time for the masses and an unquenchable ego.


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