Nonelitist

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who is not an elitist.
Adjective
  1. 1
    Not elitist. not-comparable

    "To be sure, the average American can sign his name more or less legibly, and can make out the sports headlines—but how many nonelitist Americans can, without undue difficulty, read as many as a thousand consecutive words of small print, some of which may be trisyllabic?"

Example

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"To be sure, the average American can sign his name more or less legibly, and can make out the sports headlines—but how many nonelitist Americans can, without undue difficulty, read as many as a thousand consecutive words of small print, some of which may be trisyllabic?"

Etymology

From non- + elitist.

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