elitist

Example Sentences

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One might say that, three years ahead of the show’s jump to YouTube, Academy voters are making a concerted effort to distance themselves from the perception that the Oscars are elitist and pretentious.

From Salon

“Quite frankly, we’ve created an ecosystem that is elitist,” she said.

From MarketWatch

“He was not exclusive and he was not an elitist, “ Savannah said.

From Los Angeles Times

“There’s a reputation that museums, and particularly art museums, have of being kind of stuffy or like elitist or something like that, which is not something that I personally agree with,” says Critchley.

From The Wall Street Journal

“How did advocating for timeless artistry at the expense of shallow commercial reality become an ‘elitist’ position?”

From Los Angeles Times