elitist
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Historian Swapna Liddle acknowledged the club's elitist origins, but said she would have preferred efforts to reform the institution rather than shutting it down.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
They’re insincere and elitist and out of touch and smug in many respects, from the perspective of a young man.
From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026
One might say that, three years ahead of the show’s jump to YouTube, Academy voters are making a concerted effort to distance themselves from the perception that the Oscars are elitist and pretentious.
From Salon • Jan. 23, 2026
“He was not exclusive and he was not an elitist, “ Savannah said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 12, 2026
We’d need to think about how they’d used whatever opportunities life had afforded them rather than measuring them simply by how far they’d made it up an elitist academic ladder.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
Vocabulary lists containing elitist
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President Obama's Commencement Address (2016)
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"Thomas Jefferson: The Best of Enemies" by Ron Chernow
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