elitism

See also: élitism

English

Alternative forms

• élitism

Etymology

From elite +‎ -ism. First attested in the 1930s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈliːtɪzəm/, /eɪˈliːtɪzəm/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

elitism (countable and uncountable, plural elitisms)

1. The belief that a society or system should be run by an elite.
2. The superior attitude or behaviour associated with an elite.
   • 2011 December 14, Angelique Chrisafis, “Rachida Dati accuses French PM of sexism and elitism”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Dati launched a blistering attack on the prime minister, François Fillon, under whom she served as justice minister, accusing him of sexism, elitism, arrogance and hindering the political advancement of ethnic minorities.

Related terms

• elitist

Translations

belief society should be run by elite

• Arabic: نُخْبَوِيَّة f (nuḵbawiyya)
• Bengali: এলিটিজম (eliṭijom)
• Catalan: elitisme m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 精しらげ英えい主義しゅぎ／精せい英主えいしゅ义 (jīngyīngzhǔyì)

• Czech: elitářství n
• Dutch: elitisme (nl) n, elitarisme (nl) n
• Finnish: elitismi (fi)
• French: élitisme (fr) m
• German: Elitarismus m
• Greek: ελιτισμός (el) m (elitismós)
• Icelandic: úrvalsstefna f
• Italian: elitismo m
• Japanese: エリート主義しゅぎ (エリートしゅぎ, erītoshugi)
• Khmer: វរជននិយម (vôrôchnônĭymô)
• Korean: 엘리트주의 (elliteujuui)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: bijareyîtî (ku)

• Malayalam: എലിറ്റിസം (eliṟṟisaṁ)
• Persian: نخبه‌گرایی (noxbe-garâyi)
• Polish: elityzm m
• Portuguese: elitismo (pt) m
• Russian: элитари́зм (ru) m (elitarízm), элити́зм (ru) m (elitízm), элита́рность (ru) f (elitárnostʹ)
• Spanish: elitismo (es) m
• Swedish: elitism (sv) c
• Tamil: எளிடிசம் (eḷiṭicam)
• Tatar: элитизм (elitizm)
• Turkish: elitizm (tr)
• Turkmen: elitizm

Anagrams

• limiest, limites

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French élitisme. By surface analysis, elită +‎ -ism.

Noun

elitism n (uncountable)

1. elitism

Declension

declension of elitism (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) elitism	elitismul
genitive/dative	(unui) elitism	elitismului
vocative	elitismule

Swedish

Noun

elitism c

1. elitism

Declension

Declension of elitism

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	elitism	elitisms
	definite	elitismen	elitismens
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Related terms

• elit
• elitistisk

References

• elitism in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• elitism in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)