as in aristocratic
being or characteristic of a person who has an offensive air of superiority and tends to ignore or disdain anyone regarded as inferior
the complacent, elitist attitude of the members at that suburban country club
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Recent Examples of elitist
Joe Mathews, The Mercury News, 5 Oct. 2024
That’s precisely the musical tale told in ‘The End’ with this elitist family, as envisioned by director Joshua Oppenheimer.
—Tiffany Leigh, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024
Anne-Marie Slaughter, Foreign Affairs, 4 Oct. 2016
Kennan was a lonely child whose mother died shortly after his birth, a difficult colleague and frustrated diplomat, an elitist more at home in another century and a pessimist at heart.
—Richard Babcock, Chicago Tribune, 12 May 2024
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Adjective
Newsom shows his ‘French Laundry’ colors with elitist legislative acts
Why hasn’t Newsom taken a position on most California ballot measures?
Around the world, alliances of cities are working together to address climate change, poverty and other problems that the failing nation-states can’t solve.
—Joe Mathews, The Mercury News, 5 Oct. 2024
That’s precisely the musical tale told in ‘The End’ with this elitist family, as envisioned by director Joshua Oppenheimer.
—Tiffany Leigh, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024
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Washington and Silicon Valley, right and left, populists and elitists—all will have to find a way to forge a new social and political contract, one that marries new technologies with the principles of limited power.
—Anne-Marie Slaughter, Foreign Affairs, 4 Oct. 2016
Kennan was a lonely child whose mother died shortly after his birth, a difficult colleague and frustrated diplomat, an elitist more at home in another century and a pessimist at heart.
—Richard Babcock, Chicago Tribune, 12 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for elitist
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The mood was one of happy improvisation, a sort of aristocratic Fawlty Towers art-directed by Slim Aarons.Nick Foulkes, theweek, 7 Nov. 2024
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Hotel Esencia | Originally the private home of an Italian Duchess located 45-minutes north of Tulum, Esencia maintains its aristocratic character in the hands of owner Kevin Wendle.Jennifer Leigh Parker, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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Lisette Olivera assumes the mantle as Jess Valenzuela, a history buff and puzzle snob working odd jobs in New Orleans and mourning the recent death of her mother.Joshua Alston, Variety, 14 Dec. 2022
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On their first day in town, treat your food snob to a fireworks show of Dallas at its most sophisticated.Dallas News, Dallas News, 23 Mar. 2022
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Manji will appear as Crispin, an arrogant, pompous employee at a fancy, high-end hardware store who snubs George.Katie Campione, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2024
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My 21-year-old grandson is a dramatic and arrogant know-it-all.Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2024
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Where Huang’s wardrobe for Oz emphasizes his position as a clumsy social climber, aspiring to classic mafia masculinity but too crass to fit in with the old-money elite, Sofia represents a different kind of outsider.Gavia Baker-Whitelaw, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
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Smith starred as Joyce Chilvers, a small-town social climber in postwar Northern England whose hunger to be accepted by the elite locals isn’t helped by her dotty mother nor her underachieving podiatrist husband Gilbert, played by Michael Palin.David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Sep. 2024
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Even the words connote a pedigree of snobbish good taste that evokes Ratatouille’s Anton Ego.Leo Kirts, Them, 19 July 2024
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But even the most snobbish viewer could see that William Wellman’s The Ox-Bow Incident was no ordinary Western.Keith Phipps, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2024
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“Elitist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elitist. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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