anti-elite
adjective
ˌan-tē-ā-ˈlēt 
-i-,
-ē-,
ˌan-tī-
: opposing the elite : anti-elitist
Ford rode a wave of anti-elite sentiment to power …—
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And as new movie Send Help continues to defy box office expectations, its anti-elite plot deserves some of the credit.
—Alexa Beck, Fortune, 15 Feb. 2026
The clash reflects a broader competition over which party can claim the anti-elite energy that has shaped recent elections.
—Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 14 Feb. 2026
The anti-interventionist, anti-elite principles that first propelled her to Congress also remain core to her identity.
—Sam Gringlas, NPR, 22 Nov. 2025
And those conspiracy theories are usually anti-elite, going back to we the people.
—Alex Hinton, The Conversation, 18 Nov. 2025
The President and police have since apologized for Affan’s death, but his passing only deepened anti-government and anti-elite sentiment among the protesters.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 1 Sep. 2025
To this day a lively, biting, macabre comedy that was controversial in its time (and banned in Franco-era Spain for its anti-elite subtext), yet its core themes still resonate with uncanny oracular power.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 29 July 2025
Broadly speaking, the Anti-Masons were an anti-elite party — populists of a sort, although not in the way that term would be used at the end of the 19th century.
—Joseph Thorndike, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
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Alexa Beck, Fortune, 15 Feb. 2026
The clash reflects a broader competition over which party can claim the anti-elite energy that has shaped recent elections.
—Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 14 Feb. 2026
The anti-interventionist, anti-elite principles that first propelled her to Congress also remain core to her identity.
—Sam Gringlas, NPR, 22 Nov. 2025
And those conspiracy theories are usually anti-elite, going back to we the people.
—Alex Hinton, The Conversation, 18 Nov. 2025
The President and police have since apologized for Affan’s death, but his passing only deepened anti-government and anti-elite sentiment among the protesters.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 1 Sep. 2025
To this day a lively, biting, macabre comedy that was controversial in its time (and banned in Franco-era Spain for its anti-elite subtext), yet its core themes still resonate with uncanny oracular power.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 29 July 2025
Broadly speaking, the Anti-Masons were an anti-elite party — populists of a sort, although not in the way that term would be used at the end of the 19th century.
—Joseph Thorndike, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
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