elitism

See also: élitism

English

Alternative forms

• élitism

Etymology

elite +‎ -ism

Pronunciation

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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.

Related terms

• elitist

Translations

belief society should be run by elite

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

  Mandarin: 精英主義／精英主义 (jīngyīngzhǔyì), 精英主义 (jīngyīngzhǔyì)

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

  Kurmanji:

• Persian: نخبه‌گرایی (noxbe-garâyi)
• Portuguese: elitismo (pt) m
• Russian: элитари́зм (ru) m (elitarízm), элити́зм m (elitízm), элита́рность (ru) f (elitárnostʹ)
• Spanish: elitismo (es) m
• Swedish: elitism (sv) c

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