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elitist

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See also: Elitist and élitist

English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From elite +‎ -ist.

Adjective

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elitist (comparative more elitist, superlative most elitist)

  1. Of or relating to elitism.
    • 1998 September, Matt Diehl, Vibe, volume 6, numbers 6-8, page 302:
      And unlike his Davis, California homey DJ Shadow, who smothers tracks with avant-garde displays of turntable mastery, Mike isn't afraid to let his B-boy bouillabaisse coalesce into real bootylicious grooves that are more about moving the crowd than wowing elitist nerds who crowd around the DJ booth.

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Noun

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elitist (plural elitists)

  1. (usually derogatory) Someone who believes in or is perceived as believing in rule by an elite group.
    • 2022 December 6, LeAnna T. Luney, “Like our foremothers survived: Self-education, direct confrontation, and humor as resistance coping in Black womxn and femme college student being”, in Frontiers in Education, volume 7, →DOI, page 10:
      Narrators demonstrated resistance coping techniques through direct confrontation with aggressors, such as racists, sexists, homophobes, elitists, and misogynoirists.

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From elite +‎ -ist or backformed from elitistisch. Perhaps borrowed.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌeː.liˈtɪst/
  • Hyphenation: eli‧tist
  • Rhymes: -ɪst

Noun

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elitist m (plural elitisten)

  1. elitist (supporter of rule or management by elites) [from late 1960s]
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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French élitiste. By surface analysis, elită +‎ -ist.

Adjective

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elitist m or n (feminine singular elitistă, masculine plural elitiști, feminine and neuter plural elitiste)

  1. elitist

Declension

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singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative
indefinite elitist elitistă elitiști elitiste
definite elitistul elitista elitiștii elitistele
genitive-
dative
indefinite elitist elitiste elitiști elitiste
definite elitistului elitistei elitiștilor elitistelor

Turkish

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Etymology

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From French élitiste.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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elitist

  1. elitist

Noun

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elitist (definite accusative elitisti, plural elitistler)

  1. elitist

Declension

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Inflection
Nominative elitist
Definite accusative elitisti
Singular Plural
Nominative elitist elitistler
Definite accusative elitisti elitistleri
Dative elitiste elitistlere
Locative elitistte elitistlerde
Ablative elitistten elitistlerden
Genitive elitistin elitistlerin
Predicative forms
Singular Plural
1st singular elitistim elitistlerim
2nd singular elitistsin elitistlersin
3rd singular elitist
elitisttir
elitistler
elitistlerdir
1st plural elitistiz elitistleriz
2nd plural elitistsiniz elitistlersiniz
3rd plural elitistler elitistlerdir