elitist

Example Sentences

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She loved the camaraderie and the erudite atmosphere, but was uncomfortable with the elitist culture of academia.

From New York Times

For Oli, a hereditary head of state is undemocratic and elitist.

From BBC

The pretty, respectful-remembrance version of this history is to say that Springer pushed against TV’s elitist norms of propriety to make the case that ordinary people, in all their mess, were important.

From New York Times

But many Buffalo residents, while proud of the museum’s reputation, also “felt it was an elitist institution and not their place,” said Janne Sirén, the museum’s director.

From New York Times

One notable and oft-repeated theme was replacement theory — the notion that left-wing elitists wanted to “replace” and take power from white Americans.

From Los Angeles Times