| 单词 | elitist |
| 释义 | elitist (once / 19003 pages) n Elitist is another word for snob.If you wear only the finest silk suits, expect caviar at every meal, and refuse to speak to anyone who doesn't have a PhD, then you might be an elitist. A fairly recent addition to the English language, the noun elitist, came about from a mix of elite + ist in 1950. Carlyle, Freud, and Nietzsche were all considered to be the original elitists. Elite, from which elitist was formed, evolved much earlier, in 1823, from the French élite, meaning “selection, choice.” Synonyms for elitist include highbrow, pompous person, social climber, and stuffed shirt. WORD FAMILYelitist: elitists+/elite: elitely, elites, elitism/elitism: elitist USAGE EXAMPLESIn Mather Brown’s depiction, he’s all bouffant wig and ruffles, encased, it would seem, in an elitist bubble. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) He framed protesters as elitists or foreign agents. Wall Street Journal(Dec 23, 2016) Data from Google Books show the plural word “elites” beginning to be used in about 1940, with the obviously pejorative “elitist” rising from about 1960. Economist(Dec 15, 2016) n someone who believes in rule by an elite group Ant|Hypo|Hyper egalitarian, equalitarian a person who believes in the equality of all people mandarin a member of an elite intellectual or cultural group moralist a philosopher who specializes in morals and moral problems |
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