adj
Meaning 1
Of or relating to elitism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
elitist
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ɪˈliːtɪst/
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noun
Meaning 2
Someone who believes in or is perceived as believing in rule by an elite group.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory, usually
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
someone who believes in rule by an elite group
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: egalitarian
Broader terms: moralist
Narrower terms: mandarin
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1éǵh Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h1éǵhs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *léǵeti Proto-Italic *legō Latin legō Latin ēligō Latin ēlēctus Vulgar Latin *exlectus? Old French eslitbor. Middle English elit English elite Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English elitist From elite + -ist.
Across languages
Translations
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: elitista — of or relating to elitism
- Czech: elitářský — of or relating to elitism
- Danish: elitistisk — of or relating to elitism
- Dutch: elitair — of or relating to elitism
- French: élitiste — of or relating to elitism
- German: elitär — of or relating to elitism
- German: elitistisch — of or relating to elitism
- Japanese: エリートの (erīto no) — of or relating to elitism
- Norwegian Bokmål: elitistisk — of or relating to elitism
- Norwegian Nynorsk: elitistisk — of or relating to elitism
- Portuguese: elitista — of or relating to elitism
- Spanish: elitista — of or relating to elitism
- Swedish: elitistisk — of or relating to elitism
- Swedish: elitisk — of or relating to elitism
- Catalan: elitista — someone who believes in rule by an elite group
- Czech: elitář — someone who believes in rule by an elite group
- Danish: elitist — someone who believes in rule by an elite group
- French: élitiste — someone who believes in rule by an elite group
- German: Elitist — someone who believes in rule by an elite group
- German: Elitistin — someone who believes in rule by an elite group
- Japanese: エリート (erīto) — someone who believes in rule by an elite group
- Norwegian Bokmål: elitist — someone who believes in rule by an elite group
- Norwegian Nynorsk: elitist — someone who believes in rule by an elite group
- Persian: نخبهگرا — someone who believes in rule by an elite group
- Portuguese: elitista — someone who believes in rule by an elite group
- Serbo-Croatian: елѝтист — someone who believes in rule by an elite group
- Serbo-Croatian: elìtist — someone who believes in rule by an elite group
- Spanish: elitista — someone who believes in rule by an elite group