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Undemocratic tendency
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elitism
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Word definitions for elitism in dictionaries
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
Elitism is the belief or attitude that some individuals who form an elite —a select group of people with a certain ancestry , intrinsic quality or worth, high intellect , wealth , specialized training or experience, or other distinctive attributes—are those ...
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n. the attitude that society should be governed by an elite group of individuals
Usage examples of elitism.
The right kind of elitism can restore the butterfat to a homogenized society.
We based our criteria for excellence on the ability at the Latin Theme, we abandoned all that with horror as outdated elitism, and we now do exactly the same thing, with algebraic formulae substituting for Ciceronian pedantries.
Suddenly it made sense to me-the clubbiness, the lade-da neighbors, all this rampant elitism.
Sterling might be portraying the Troupers this way in order to expose the elitism at the heart of hackerdom and abjure it.
I inveigh against illogical beliefs and say that the mortal dreads are the ones that drive you to crazy beliefs in Scientology, est, the power of dope, hatred of elitism and intellectual pursuits, astrology, messiahs like Sun Myung Moon or Jim Jones, fundamentalist religions.
Elitism is counterproductive, it alienates you from other people, and we depend on a working relationship with many other groups like Special Branch or the security services.
Attendance had been dwindling, she knew, ever since Priesly and his loud-faced Jects had started harping on what they liked to call "Cobra elitism.
Her resentments at the class elitism of the Solarian League were neither here nor there, as far as the immediate issue at hand was concerned.