elitism
noun
elit·ism
i-ˈlē-ˌti-zəm 
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Less elitism and more embracing a wider range of talent is what my point of view looks like.
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Sydney Gore, Architectural Digest, 6 Feb. 2025
West’s hellfire-and-locust symbolism parodied biblical judgment, but such shame no longer applies to current secular permissiveness or the progressive ideology in Marxist writer Mike Davis’s City of Quartz (1990), famous for its subversive condemnation of Los Angeles’s capitalist elitism.
—Armond White, National Review, 31 Jan. 2025
Many dismissed the older couple's remarks as unwarranted and rooted in elitism.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
To President Donald Trump's hardcore supporters, the Chiefs are an ultimate symbol of liberal elitism, with pro-Democratic Swift leading the way, and her pro-vaccine boyfriend Kelce close behind.
—David K. Li, NBC News, 24 Jan. 2025
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Sydney Gore, Architectural Digest, 6 Feb. 2025
West’s hellfire-and-locust symbolism parodied biblical judgment, but such shame no longer applies to current secular permissiveness or the progressive ideology in Marxist writer Mike Davis’s City of Quartz (1990), famous for its subversive condemnation of Los Angeles’s capitalist elitism.
—Armond White, National Review, 31 Jan. 2025
Many dismissed the older couple's remarks as unwarranted and rooted in elitism.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
To President Donald Trump's hardcore supporters, the Chiefs are an ultimate symbol of liberal elitism, with pro-Democratic Swift leading the way, and her pro-vaccine boyfriend Kelce close behind.
—David K. Li, NBC News, 24 Jan. 2025
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“Elitism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/elitism. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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