This is elitism.
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Elitism
//ɪˈliːtɪzəm//
Synonyms for "elitism" (3 found)
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30 translations across 27 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- نُخْبَوِيَّة noun (belief society should be run by elite)
Bengali
1 entries- এলিটিজম noun (belief society should be run by elite)
Catalan
1 entries- elitisme noun (belief society should be run by elite)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 精英主義 /精英主义 noun (belief society should be run by elite)
Czech
1 entries- elitářství noun (belief society should be run by elite)
Dutch
2 entries- elitarisme noun (belief society should be run by elite)
- elitisme noun (belief society should be run by elite)
Finnish
1 entries- elitismi noun (belief society should be run by elite)
French
1 entries- élitisme noun (belief society should be run by elite)
German
1 entries- Elitarismus noun (belief society should be run by elite)
Greek
1 entries- ελιτισμός noun (belief society should be run by elite)
Icelandic
1 entries- úrvalsstefna noun (belief society should be run by elite)
Italian
1 entries- elitismo noun (belief society should be run by elite)
Japanese
1 entries- エリート主義 noun (belief society should be run by elite)
Khmer
1 entries- វរជននិយម noun (belief society should be run by elite)
Korean
1 entries- 엘리트주의 noun (belief society should be run by elite)
Malayalam
1 entries- എലിറ്റിസം noun (belief society should be run by elite)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- bijareyîtî noun (belief society should be run by elite)
Persian
1 entries- نخبهگرایی noun (belief society should be run by elite)
Polish
1 entries- elityzm noun (belief society should be run by elite)
Portuguese
1 entries- elitismo noun (belief society should be run by elite)
Russian
3 entries- элита́рность noun (belief society should be run by elite)
- элитари́зм noun (belief society should be run by elite)
- элити́зм noun (belief society should be run by elite)
Spanish
1 entries- elitismo noun (belief society should be run by elite)
Swedish
1 entries- elitism noun (belief society should be run by elite)
Tamil
1 entries- எளிடிசம் noun (belief society should be run by elite)
Tatar
1 entries- элитизм noun (belief society should be run by elite)
Turkish
1 entries- elitizm noun (belief society should be run by elite)
Turkmen
1 entries- elitizm noun (belief society should be run by elite)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
The words "elitist" and "elitism" are often used by anti-intellectuals.
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Criticism of "elitism" is often a veiled attack on intellectualism.
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Criticism of "elitism" is often a veiled form of anti-intellectualism.
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