From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishelitiste‧lit‧ist /eɪˈliːtəst, ɪ-/ adjective CLASS IN SOCIETYan elitist system, government etc is one in which a small group of people have more power and advantages than other people an elitist education system —elitism noun [uncountable] —elitist noun [countable]
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elitist• Repeal of Act 70 will make smaller farms more affordable to part-time farmers, and mortgage finance much less elitist.• These are nothing but elitist attempts at separating classes and colors and keeping the poor where the wealthy have put them.• A prime source of violence resides in the elitist educational strategies that are firmly rooted in the school ethos.• It is a very elitist idea.• The elitist republic has evolved into an inclusive democracy.• And so standards, in engineering, were not seen as the stalking-horse for some elitist social agenda. 