ELITIST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does elitist mean? 

• ELITIST (noun)
  The noun ELITIST has 1 sense:

1. someone who believes in rule by an elite group

  Familiarity information: ELITIST used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ELITIST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who believes in rule by an elite group

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("elitist" is a kind of...):

moralist (a philosopher who specializes in morals and moral problems)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "elitist"):

mandarin (a member of an elite intellectual or cultural group)

Antonym:

egalitarian (a person who believes in the equality of all people)

Derivation:

elitism (the attitude that society should be governed by an elite group of individuals)