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Associations of "Elitist" (30 Words)
| academic | Hypothetical or theoretical and not expected to produce an immediate or practical result. An academic question. |
| aristocracy | A state in which governing power is held by the nobility. Members of the aristocracy. |
| aristocrat | A member of the aristocracy. The trout is the aristocrat of freshwater fish. |
| aristocratic | Belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy. Aristocratic government. |
| arrogant | Having or revealing an exaggerated sense of one’s own importance or abilities. An arrogant official. |
| brag | Exceptionally good. They were bragging about how easy it had been. |
| burgess | A member of the assembly of colonial Maryland or Virginia. |
| cocksure | Confident in an excessive or arrogant way. The cocksure golf prodigy from California. |
| condescending | (used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension. She thought the teachers were arrogant and condescending. |
| dignity | A composed or serious manner or style. He bowed with great dignity. |
| elite | A group or class of people seen as having the most power and influence in a society, especially on account of their wealth or privilege. The country s governing elite. |
| elitism | The superior attitude or behaviour associated with an elite. Local government in the nineteenth century was the very essence of elitism. |
| esquire | A young nobleman who, in training for knighthood, acted as an attendant to a knight. J. C. Pearson Esquire. |
| gentry | People of good social position, specifically the class of people next below the nobility in position and birth. A member of the landed gentry. |
| haughty | Arrogantly superior and disdainful. Haughty aristocrats. |
| highbrow | A highbrow person. She considered all those without television as highbrows intellectual snobs or paupers. |
| intellectual | Possessing a highly developed intellect. Coldly intellectual. |
| intelligentsia | Intellectuals or highly educated people as a group, especially when regarded as possessing culture and political influence. The belief that the liberal intelligentsia is ruining the country. |
| nobility | A privileged class holding hereditary titles. A man of nobility and learning. |
| patrician | A member of a noble family or class in ancient Rome. A patrician nose. |
| patronize | Assume sponsorship of. Restaurants and bars regularly patronized by the stars were often crowded with paparazzi. |
| peerage | Peers as a class. On his retirement as cabinet secretary he was given a peerage. |
| plutocracy | An elite or ruling class whose power derives from their wealth. Officials were drawn from the new plutocracy. |
| pride | The best state of something; the prime. He prides himself on making it into law school. |
| racist | A person with a prejudiced belief that one race is superior to others. Racist remarks. |
| royal | A member of the royal family. Of royal ancestry. |
| royalty | Payment to the holder of a patent or copyright or resource for the right to use their property. It s not often you meet real Hollywood royalty let alone chat to Angelina Jolie and Dustin Hoffman in one day. |
| ruling | The reason for a court’s judgment (as opposed to the decision itself. The ruling was reversed in the appeal court. |
| snob | A person who believes that their tastes in a particular area are superior to those of other people. Her mother was a snob and wanted a lawyer as a son in law. |
| superciliousness | The trait of displaying arrogance by patronizing those considered inferior. |
