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ELITISM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does elitism mean?
• ELITISM (noun)
The noun ELITISM has 1 sense:
1. the attitude that society should be governed by an elite group of individuals
Familiarity information: ELITISM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The attitude that society should be governed by an elite group of individuals
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("elitism" is a kind of...):
ideology; political orientation; political theory (an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation)
Derivation:
elitist (someone who believes in rule by an elite group)
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