Definitions for elitists

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elitists e·lit·ist

Spelling: [ih-lee-tist ey-lee‐]

IPA: /ɪˈli tɪst eɪˈli‐/

Elitists is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 129 anagrams from letters in elitists (eiilsstt).

Definitions for elitists

noun

1. a person having, thought to have, or professing superior intellect or talent, power, wealth, or membership in the upper echelons of society:
2. a person who believes in the superiority of an elitist class.

adjective

1. (of a person or class of persons) considered superior by others or by themselves, as in intellect, talent, power, wealth, or position in society:
2. catering to or associated with an elitist class, its ideologies, or its institutions:

Origin of elitists

elite + -ist

Examples for elitists

Amassing a collection of his own, moreover, might eventually ease his entrance into elitist scientific circles.

Banville published a letter in The Guardian criticizing the elitist preferences of the Booker judges.

Her original statement caused an uproar from working mothers who argued Paltrow was out of touch and elitist.

Dooley describes Broun as “very friendly, not at all elitist” and very, very conservative.

The Republican voter base is anything but Northeastern or elitist.

Such would definitely seem to be the mindset in this most elitist of New York–centered industries, and anyone can see the results.

But this 1929 study of the modern world, his most famous book, struck me as hopelessly nostalgic and elitist.

The aim was to immediately inherit the wealth and power accumulated by generations of elitist rule.

In the 18th century, white was an elitist color, for example.

And just in case anyone missed her larger point about Obama, she went on to call the remarks “elitist and divisive.”