elitist

Example Sentences

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But some project supporters call Keller and other critics elitist.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

OpenAI’s Altman said Anthropic’s Super Bowl ads illustrate how it is elitist.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

Cultural specialist Oluwatoyin Sogbesan agrees that the conversation has grown increasingly elitist.

From BBC • Nov. 12, 2025

And they become increasingly sympathetic to southern planters who complain about Black labor, and they seem to adopt their elitist attitudes.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2025

“Now, the witch doesn’t take kindly to this perspective. Personally, I don’t blame her. It’s reductionist, it’s elitist, and it’s just plain icky. So the witch goes from zero to a hundred—and curses Benefo.”

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer