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单词 elitist
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Definition of elitist in English:

elitist

adjectiveɪˈliːtɪst
  • 1Relating to or supporting the view that a society or system should be led by an elite.

    older men with an elitist attitude about music
    the image of polo as an elitist sport
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Nineteenth century liberalism, with its emphasis on equality before the law, was therefore elitist and conservative.
    • Western as well as Eastern cultures are deeply elitist.
    • There are some experiments, but universities in many of these countries are very elitist.
    • Is his doctrine too precious and elitist to be of real use?
    • The irony is that the official programme is not particularly elitist, either in terms of classical art forms or cutting-edge postmodernism.
    • However some see his group, founded in Madrid in 1928, as secretive and elitist.
    • Make no mistake, the Democrats are guilty as well, they are often elitist and paternalistic.
    • To do this we now turn to an approach based on contrasting views according to which modern democracies can be either elitist or pluralist.
    • The labor history in this book will be as institutional and elitist as the rest of it.
    • Indeed, there are schools in other regions which are openly elitist.
    1. 1.1 Demonstrating a superior attitude or behaviour associated with an elite.
      some that say he is a spoiled, elitist snob
      Example sentencesExamples
      • They are at war with a liberal, elitist mainstream press.
      • At the core of the crisis is the fact that many of our doctors are out of touch and elitist.
      • Fundamentalism is far more elitist and extortionist than we can imagine.
      • You may want to think of the fair as like an elitist high-society dinner party where certain guests don't want to be seated next to certain other guests.
      • Many individuals, members of Congress, political leaders, and the news media showed its true racist and elitist nature.
      • The organization has again managed to avoid allowing transparency and accountability into its secret and elitist decision-making.
      • But not everyone is in love with hip-hop, or the elitist, only-cool-when-nobody-likes-you sensibilities of garage rock.
      • There was a time when success was considered elitist and mediocrity was the norm.
      • And if you think those situations are completely unrelated to that discussion then you're just living in your own closed, elitist fantasy world.
      • Despite the obvious appeal such elitist and exclusionary tactics lend to the club, it's sort of a shame.
nounɪˈliːtɪst
  • A person who believes that a society or system should be led by an elite.

    critics portray him as an out-of-touch elitist
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Forget what the guilty rich elitists are selling you to keep you voting in their corner, and make up your own mind.
    • Despite the best intentions of nerds and elitists everywhere, such is the state of the popular music industry.
    • One spin of this DVD will make believers out of skeptics; music elitists be damned.
    • Thus he was labelled an elitist and his invitation to appear on Oprah's show was withdrawn.
    • The basic charge is that these men, critics of capitalism, were racists and elitists.
    • He had become a jazz elitist who played with the best and demanded the best in himself.
    • Then again, perhaps we were just a bunch of chardonnay-swilling elitists totally out of touch with middle Australia.
    • The old snobberies of rock purists and classical elitists make less and less sense now.
    • He remains an elitist, a technocrat, a bourgeois.
    • You're a man of the people and I'm a snob and an elitist.
 
 

Definition of elitist in US English:

elitist

adjective
  • 1Relating to or supporting the view that a society or system should be led by an elite.

    older men with an elitist attitude about music
    the image of polo as an elitist sport
    Example sentencesExamples
    • To do this we now turn to an approach based on contrasting views according to which modern democracies can be either elitist or pluralist.
    • The irony is that the official programme is not particularly elitist, either in terms of classical art forms or cutting-edge postmodernism.
    • Make no mistake, the Democrats are guilty as well, they are often elitist and paternalistic.
    • However some see his group, founded in Madrid in 1928, as secretive and elitist.
    • Nineteenth century liberalism, with its emphasis on equality before the law, was therefore elitist and conservative.
    • There are some experiments, but universities in many of these countries are very elitist.
    • Indeed, there are schools in other regions which are openly elitist.
    • The labor history in this book will be as institutional and elitist as the rest of it.
    • Western as well as Eastern cultures are deeply elitist.
    • Is his doctrine too precious and elitist to be of real use?
    1. 1.1 Demonstrating a superior attitude or behavior associated with an elite.
      some that say he is a spoiled, elitist snob
      Example sentencesExamples
      • You may want to think of the fair as like an elitist high-society dinner party where certain guests don't want to be seated next to certain other guests.
      • They are at war with a liberal, elitist mainstream press.
      • And if you think those situations are completely unrelated to that discussion then you're just living in your own closed, elitist fantasy world.
      • The organization has again managed to avoid allowing transparency and accountability into its secret and elitist decision-making.
      • Many individuals, members of Congress, political leaders, and the news media showed its true racist and elitist nature.
      • Despite the obvious appeal such elitist and exclusionary tactics lend to the club, it's sort of a shame.
      • Fundamentalism is far more elitist and extortionist than we can imagine.
      • At the core of the crisis is the fact that many of our doctors are out of touch and elitist.
      • But not everyone is in love with hip-hop, or the elitist, only-cool-when-nobody-likes-you sensibilities of garage rock.
      • There was a time when success was considered elitist and mediocrity was the norm.
noun
  • A person who believes that a society or system should be led by an elite.

    critics portray him as an out-of-touch elitist
    Example sentencesExamples
    • You're a man of the people and I'm a snob and an elitist.
    • The old snobberies of rock purists and classical elitists make less and less sense now.
    • The basic charge is that these men, critics of capitalism, were racists and elitists.
    • He remains an elitist, a technocrat, a bourgeois.
    • Forget what the guilty rich elitists are selling you to keep you voting in their corner, and make up your own mind.
    • He had become a jazz elitist who played with the best and demanded the best in himself.
    • One spin of this DVD will make believers out of skeptics; music elitists be damned.
    • Thus he was labelled an elitist and his invitation to appear on Oprah's show was withdrawn.
    • Despite the best intentions of nerds and elitists everywhere, such is the state of the popular music industry.
    • Then again, perhaps we were just a bunch of chardonnay-swilling elitists totally out of touch with middle Australia.
 
 
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