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Associations of "Elitist" (30 Words)

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.