elitist

• élitist

From elite +‎ -ist.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪˈliːtɪst/

elitist (comparative more elitist, superlative most elitist)

1. Of or relating to elitism.
   • 1998 September, Matt Diehl, Vibe, volume 6, numbers 6-8, page 302:

     And unlike his Davis, California homey DJ Shadow, who smothers tracks with avant-garde displays of turntable mastery, Mike isn't afraid to let his B-boy bouillabaisse coalesce into real bootylicious grooves that are more about moving the crowd than wowing elitist nerds who crowd around the DJ booth.

elitist (plural elitists)

1. (usually derogatory) Someone who believes in or is perceived as believing in rule by an elite group.
   • 2022 December 6, LeAnna T. Luney, “Like our foremothers survived: Self-education, direct confrontation, and humor as resistance coping in Black womxn and femme college student being”, in Frontiers in Education, volume 7, →DOI, page 10:

     Narrators demonstrated resistance coping techniques through direct confrontation with aggressors, such as racists, sexists, homophobes, elitists, and misogynoirists.

• siltite

From elite +‎ -ist or backformed from elitistisch. Perhaps borrowed.

• IPA^(key): /ˌeː.liˈtɪst/
• Hyphenation: eli‧tist
• Rhymes: -ɪst

elitist m (plural elitisten)

1. elitist (supporter of rule or management by elites) [from late 1960s]

• elitisme
• elitistisch

Borrowed from French élitiste. By surface analysis, elită +‎ -ist.

elitist m or n (feminine singular elitistă, masculine plural elitiști, feminine and neuter plural elitiste)

1. elitist

From French élitiste.

• IPA^(key): /e.li.tist/

elitist

1. elitist

elitist (definite accusative elitisti, plural elitistler)

1. elitist