elitist
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English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]elitist (comparative more elitist, superlative most elitist)
- 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.
Translations
[edit]of or relating to elitism
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Noun
[edit]elitist (plural elitists)
- (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, , page 10:
- Narrators demonstrated resistance coping techniques through direct confrontation with aggressors, such as racists, sexists, homophobes, elitists, and misogynoirists.
Translations
[edit]someone who believes in rule by an elite group
Derived terms
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[edit]Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From elite + -ist or backformed from elitistisch. Perhaps borrowed.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]elitist m (plural elitisten)
- elitist (supporter of rule or management by elites) [from late 1960s]
Related terms
[edit]Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French élitiste. By surface analysis, elită + -ist.
Adjective
[edit]elitist m or n (feminine singular elitistă, masculine plural elitiști, feminine and neuter plural elitiste)
Declension
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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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[edit]Adjective
[edit]elitist
Noun
[edit]elitist (definite accusative elitisti, plural elitistler)
Declension
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Nominative | elitist | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Definite accusative | elitisti | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominative | elitist | elitistler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Definite accusative | elitisti | elitistleri | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dative | elitiste | elitistlere | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | elitistte | elitistlerde | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ablative | elitistten | elitistlerden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | elitistin | elitistlerin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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