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- noun Plural form of
elitist .
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Examples
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In his mind and liberal elitists is that THEY now what's best for us.
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He then claims to be "simply an 'elitism hating' Southern Democrat who loathes the stereotypes that have been placed upon me and my neighbors," stereotypes to which he objected by the use of his own gross stereotype about South-hating "elitists" - a stereotype his own statement in a supposed apology serves to perpetuate.
Trippi, Edwards Campaign Respond To Adviser Who Slammed Blogosphere 2009
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They are INSTRUCTED to hate "elitists" -- EDUCATION -- and they vote for those who work to ELIMINATE education.
Milbank: McCain-Palin's Attacks On Media Have Spawned Unprecedented Crowd Hostility Toward Press 2009
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Second, a President who dislikes "elitists" -- defined as people who know what they are talking about -- is unlikely to solicit advice from people who know what they are talking about.
Sheila Suess Kennedy: This Country Needs An Intellectual 2008
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And that includes politicians who extol the virtues of public schools - and attack those who send their children to private schools or Ivy League colleges as filthy 'elitists' - while sending their own to some of the most expensive and selective private schools and colleges in America.
"I thought it was O.K. to be single. I thought it was O.K. to not have children..." Ann Althouse 2007
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They stuck it to their nemesis, the undefined group known as "elitists."
Michael B. Keegan: Budget Deficit Fixed: The GOP Slashes NPR Michael B. Keegan 2011
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They stuck it to their nemesis, the undefined group known as "elitists."
Michael B. Keegan: Budget Deficit Fixed: The GOP Slashes NPR Michael B. Keegan 2011
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The most important front in this competition is the wrangling between the populists and the elitists, which is starting to burst out of the back room.
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We do have elitists, which is an attitude held by some people about themselves.
The Volokh Conspiracy » In (Limited) Praise of Right-Wing Populism 2009
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We do have elitists, which is an attitude held by some people about themselves.
The Volokh Conspiracy » In (Limited) Praise of Right-Wing Populism 2009
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