as in aristocratic
being or characteristic of a person who has an offensive air of superiority and tends to ignore or disdain anyone regarded as inferior
the complacent, elitist attitude of the members at that suburban country club
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Recent Examples of elitist
Magnus Resch, ARTnews.com, 27 Apr. 2026
Through favors and coercion, both couples vie for the approval of the elitist club’s billionaire owner, Chairwoman Park (Youn Yuh Jung), who struggles to manage her own scandal involving her second husband, Doctor Kim (Song Kang Ho).
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 8 Apr. 2026
Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 18 Sep. 2025
And anyone who thinks of modern Democrats, from Texas or anywhere else, as a collection of elitists or urban snobs would likely not be referring to the 35-year-old Scudder.
—John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
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Adjective
The market is opaque and elitist.
—Magnus Resch, ARTnews.com, 27 Apr. 2026
Through favors and coercion, both couples vie for the approval of the elitist club’s billionaire owner, Chairwoman Park (Youn Yuh Jung), who struggles to manage her own scandal involving her second husband, Doctor Kim (Song Kang Ho).
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 8 Apr. 2026
Noun
In a Fox News interview, Carr portrayed Kimmel as an elitist and his own interests as those of the community.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 18 Sep. 2025
And anyone who thinks of modern Democrats, from Texas or anywhere else, as a collection of elitists or urban snobs would likely not be referring to the 35-year-old Scudder.
—John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for elitist
Adjective
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My father, a boy, sat in the back seat with his brothers and Choute—Duchess of Montmoreau, née de Troguindy, a beautiful and aristocratic woman who went by this single childhood nickname.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 May 2026
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News articles and photos of the casual picnic enamored Americans, transforming their view of the royals as rigid and aristocratic to more down-to-earth.—
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
Noun
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And don’t be a snob about English wines; the Camel Valley Pinot Noir Rosé Brut in particular tastes like sunset in a glass.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 May 2026
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Coffee snobs can still get their fix without the health risk by brewing their morning cup with a travel french press.—
Amelia McBride,
Travel + Leisure,
13 May 2026
Adjective
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The tricky part of being a celebrity like Firstman on the internet is that some people can conflate your comedic persona (which is maybe a little arrogant, a little colorful) with your real identity.—
Rebecca Ford,
Vanity Fair,
14 May 2026
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Hunter is stubborn, arrogant and gifted enough to play for the Briar hockey team, yet refuses to for reasons the show has yet to reveal.—
Kennedy French,
Variety,
13 May 2026
Noun
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Set in 1969 Palm Beach, the Apple TV series follows Kristen Wiig’s Maxine Dellacorte-Simmons, a spry social climber eager to infiltrate high society.—
Savannah Walsh,
Vanity Fair,
7 Jan. 2026
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In classic Brooksian fashion, this simple succession plan becomes complicated by a potential scandal involving her social climber husband (Jack Lowden), the sudden return of her womanizing father (Woody Harrelson), and, well, Ella McCay’s own stubbornly idealistic personality.—
Vikram Murthi,
IndieWire,
10 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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That rationale extends to my loungewear taste, which my friends would call particularly snobbish.—
Annie Blackman,
InStyle,
11 Apr. 2026
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The anti-pop animus of classic rock criticism reflected nothing so much as a neurotic puritanism, or maybe just a snobbish inability to hear the deep beauty of pop.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
29 Mar. 2026
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“Elitist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elitist. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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