Associations to the word «Elitism»

Wiktionary

ELITISM, noun. The belief that a society or system should be run by an elite.
ELITISM, noun. The superior attitude or behaviour associated with an elite.
ÉLITISM, noun. Alternative form of elitism

Dictionary definition

ELITISM, noun. The attitude that society should be governed by an elite group of individuals.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne