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Definition: Elitism |
ElitismNoun1. The attitude that society should be governed by an elite group of individuals. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Crosswords: Elitism |
| Specialty definitions using "elitism": lamer. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Elitism" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Swedish (elitism). |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The term 'elitist' is often used rather vaguely as a criticism of political and cultural attitudes thought to encourage the exclusion of large numbers of people from decision-making.
See also: anti-intellectualism, academic elitism
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Elitism."
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | In solar heating equipment the end user trend is towards bigger and more ambition systems but elitism also plays a part, as well as cost savings in electrical consumption. (references) | |
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| "Elitism" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Elitism" is used about 93 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 93 | 34,067 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "elitism": anti-elitism, neo-elitism. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
elitism | 13 |
elitism military | 10 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "elitism"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 杰出人物统治论. (various references) | |
German | Elitismus. (various references) | |
Indonesian | elitisme. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 選民思想 , エリート意識 (area, area marketing, elixir). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | せ"み"しそう, エリートいしき. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | elitismay.(various references) | |
Swedish | elittänkande. (various references) | |
Thai | การปกครองโ"ยกลุ่มคนที่ร่ำรวยและมีอ ิสิทธิเหนือคนอื่น, ความเชื่อที่ว่าคนบางคนสูงส่งกว่าคนอื่นและสมควรจะไ"้รับสิทธิพิเศษต่างจากคนอื่น. (various references) | |
Turkish | seçkinlerin idaresi, seçkin sınıfta olma bilinci. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "elitism": elitisms. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "elitism": antielitism. (additional references) | |
Words containing "elitism": antielitisms. (additional references) | |
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"Elitism" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: eeikish, elioti, eliotish, elohim, Felipismo, iltizam, leftism, pleitismo. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "elitism" (pronounced ulē"ti'zum or ālē"ti'zum) |
| 6 | -ē" t i' z u m | defeatism, pietism. |
| 5 | -t i' z u m | absolutism, astigmatism, autism, baptism, conservatism, corporatism, despotism, diamagnetism, dogmatism, egotism, electromagnetism, ergotism, favoritism, ferromagnetism, helotism, hypnotism, Irredentism, leftism, magnetism, nepotism, patriotism, pragmatism, rheumatism, separatism, statism, vigilantism. |
| 4 | -i' z u m | abolitionism, absenteeism, activism, adventurism, agrarianism, alcoholism, altruism, amateurism, anachronism, aneurism, animism, antagonism, aphorism, atavism, atheism, authoritarianism, barbarism, bilingualism, bolshevism, boosterism, botulism, cannibalism, capitalism, catechism, centralism, chauvinism, classicism, collectivism, colonialism, commercialism, communism, consumerism, counterterrorism, creationism, criticism, cronyism, cubism, cynicism, dandyism, deism, determinism, diastrophism, dimorphism, Druidism, dualism, dwarfism, dynamism, egalitarianism, egoism, embolism, emotionalism, empiricism, entrepreneurialism, environmentalism, eroticism, escapism, ethnocentrism, euphemism, evangelism, expansionism, expressionism, extremism, factionalism, fanaticism, fascism, fatalism, federalism, feminism, fetishism, feudalism, formalism, fundamentalism, futurism, geotropism, gnosticism, gradualism, hedonism, heroism, hooliganism, humanism, idealism, illusionism, imperialism, impressionism, incrementalism, individualism, intellectualism, internationalism, interventionism, isolationism, isomorphism, jingoism, journalism, legalism, lesbianism, liberalism, lyricism, mannerism, masochism, materialism, mechanism, mercantilism, mesmerism, metabolism, methodism, microorganism, militarism, minimalism, modernism, monasticism, monetarism, monism, monotheism, moralism, multiculturalism, multilateralism, mutualism, mysticism, narcissism, nationalism, nativism, naturalism, negativism, neutralism, nihilism, obstructionism, opportunism, optimism, organism, ostracism, overoptimism, pacifism, paganism, parallelism, parkinsonism, parochialism, pastoralism, paternalism, perfectionism, pessimism, pharisaism, plagiarism, pluralism, polymorphism, polytheism, populism, positivism, professionalism, protectionism, provincialism, puritanism, racialism, racism, radicalism, realism, recidivism, relativism, republicanism, revisionism, romanticism, sadism, satanism, sectarianism, secularism, sensationalism, sexism, skepticism, socialism, stoicism, supernaturalism, surrealism, symbolism, synergism, territorialism, terrorism, theism, tokenism, totalitarianism, tourism, truism, unionism, vandalism, vegetarianism, voluntarism, volunteerism, voyeurism. |
| 3 | -z u m | bosom, careerism, chasm, cytoplasm, enthusiasm, iconoclasm, ism, microcosm, neoplasm, orgasm, phantasm, prism, sarcasm, schism, spasm. |
| 6 | -ē" t i' z u m | defeatism, pietism. |
| 5 | -t i' z u m | absolutism, astigmatism, autism, baptism, conservatism, corporatism, despotism, diamagnetism, dogmatism, egotism, electromagnetism, ergotism, favoritism, ferromagnetism, helotism, hypnotism, Irredentism, leftism, magnetism, nepotism, patriotism, pragmatism, rheumatism, separatism, statism, vigilantism. |
| 4 | -i' z u m | abolitionism, absenteeism, activism, adventurism, agrarianism, alcoholism, altruism, amateurism, anachronism, aneurism, animism, antagonism, aphorism, atavism, atheism, authoritarianism, barbarism, bilingualism, bolshevism, boosterism, botulism, cannibalism, capitalism, catechism, centralism, chauvinism, classicism, collectivism, colonialism, commercialism, communism, consumerism, counterterrorism, creationism, criticism, cronyism, cubism, cynicism, dandyism, deism, determinism, diastrophism, dimorphism, Druidism, dualism, dwarfism, dynamism, egalitarianism, egoism, embolism, emotionalism, empiricism, entrepreneurialism, environmentalism, eroticism, escapism, ethnocentrism, euphemism, evangelism, expansionism, expressionism, extremism, factionalism, fanaticism, fascism, fatalism, federalism, feminism, fetishism, feudalism, formalism, fundamentalism, futurism, geotropism, gnosticism, gradualism, hedonism, heroism, hooliganism, humanism, idealism, illusionism, imperialism, impressionism, incrementalism, individualism, intellectualism, internationalism, interventionism, isolationism, isomorphism, jingoism, journalism, legalism, lesbianism, liberalism, lyricism, mannerism, masochism, materialism, mechanism, mercantilism, mesmerism, metabolism, methodism, microorganism, militarism, minimalism, modernism, monasticism, monetarism, monism, monotheism, moralism, multiculturalism, multilateralism, mutualism, mysticism, narcissism, nationalism, nativism, naturalism, negativism, neutralism, nihilism, obstructionism, opportunism, optimism, organism, ostracism, overoptimism, pacifism, paganism, parallelism, parkinsonism, parochialism, pastoralism, paternalism, perfectionism, pessimism, pharisaism, plagiarism, pluralism, polymorphism, polytheism, populism, positivism, professionalism, protectionism, provincialism, puritanism, racialism, racism, radicalism, realism, recidivism, relativism, republicanism, revisionism, romanticism, sadism, satanism, sectarianism, secularism, sensationalism, sexism, skepticism, socialism, stoicism, supernaturalism, surrealism, symbolism, synergism, territorialism, terrorism, theism, tokenism, totalitarianism, tourism, truism, unionism, vandalism, vegetarianism, voluntarism, volunteerism, voyeurism. |
| 3 | -z u m | bosom, careerism, chasm, cytoplasm, enthusiasm, iconoclasm, ism, microcosm, neoplasm, orgasm, phantasm, prism, sarcasm, schism, spasm. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: limiest, limites. | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-i-l-m-s-t" | |
-1 letter: limits, mislie, mislit, simile. | |
-2 letters: emits, islet, istle, items, limes, limit, melts, metis, miles, milts, mites, mitis, slime, smelt, smile, smite, stile, stime, tiles, times. | |
-3 letters: elms, emit, isle, item, leis, lest, lets, lies, lime, list, lite, lits, mels, melt, mile, mils, milt, mise, mist, mite, semi, silt, site, slim, slit, smit, stem, tels, ties, tile, tils, time. | |
-4 letters: elm, els, ems, ism, its, lei, let, lie, lis, lit, mel, met, mil, mis, sei, sel, set, sim, sit, tel, tie, til, tis. | |
-5 letters: el, em, es, et, is, it, li, me, mi, si, ti. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-i-l-m-s-t" | |
+1 letter: delimits, elitisms, filmiest, limbiest, limiteds, limiters, milkiest, miltiest, mistitle, myelitis, slimiest. | |
+2 letters: dimpliest, flimsiest, ilmenites, lifetimes, limitless, limonites, limpsiest, liniments, lithemias, melilites, melinites, meliorist, militates, mistitled, mistitles, multisite, multisize, pimpliest, prelimits, slimsiest, timeliest, timelines. | |
+3 letters: assimilate, calamities, delimiters, eliminates, flexitimes, homiletics, humiliates, humilities, implicates, legitimise, legitimism, legitimist, leitmotifs, leitmotivs, lentissimo, limelights, literalism, lysimetric, melanistic, meliorists, melismatic, metalising, militances, militaries, militarise, millerites, mislighted, mobilities, modalities, molalities, molarities, moralities, motilities, multiplies, multisided, myelitides, polemicist, relativism, similitude, simulative, slimpsiest, timeliness, ultimacies, victimless, willemites. | |
+4 letters: acclimatise, admiralties, alchemistic, altimetries, amoralities, animalities, antielitism, antimissile, antirealism, assimilated, assimilates, athleticism, bimetallics, bimetallism, bimetallist, bimonthlies, cliometrics, demolitions, dissimilate, dissimulate, dolomitizes, eclecticism, eliminators, epitheliums, filmsetting, formalities, habiliments, illuminates, immortalise, imperialist, inestimable, inestimably, instillment, kimberlites, laminitises, legitimates, legitimised, legitimises, legitimisms, legitimists, legitimizes, libertinism, limitedness, limitlessly, limpidities, literalisms, lithotomies, magisterial, malignities, materialise, materialism, materialist, mediastinal, medievalist, melioristic, memorialist, mentalistic, mentalities, microliters, militancies, militarised, militarises, militarizes, milliliters, millimeters, ministerial, misaltering, misrelating, mortalities, multimedias, multipliers, mutualities, normalities, orientalism, palmistries, peristomial, polemicists, primalities, relativisms, semiologist, semitrailer, sillimanite, silversmith, similitudes, solemnities, stimulative, sublimities, testimonial, thimblerigs, timberlines, trigeminals, untimeliest, uricotelism. | |
+5 letters: acclimatised, acclimatises, acclimatizes, almightiness, ambitionless, amiabilities, amphibolites, anticlimaxes, antielitisms, antimissiles, antirealisms, assimilative, athleticisms, bilateralism, bimetallisms, bimetallists, bimodalities, biomaterials, cleistogamic, climacterics, collectivism, comicalities, complexities, complicities, dilettantism, dissimilated, dissimilates, dissimulated, dissimulates, domiciliates, eclecticisms, eliminations, emotionalism, emotionalist, epitheliomas, essentialism, evolutionism, filmsettings, heliotropism, imbecilities, immobilities, immoralities, immortalised, immortalises, immortalizes, imperialists, imperilments, implicitness, impoliteness, instillments, intermingles, interstimuli, legitimacies, legitimators, legitimising, legitimizers, libertinisms, luminosities, maledictions, materialised, materialises, materialisms, materialists, materializes, medievalists, meliorations, memorialists, mercantilism, mercantilist, meristically, methicillins, meticulosity, midlatitudes, militantness, mineralogist, minstrelsies, misalignment, miscellanist, modularities, movabilities, muliebrities, multiengines, multiservice, multiskilled, multispecies, multistoried, multiversity, musicalities, mutabilities, omnisciently, optimalities, orientalisms, osmolalities, osmolarities, phillumenist, postimperial, sectionalism, seismologist, semifinalist, semiliterate, semimetallic, semimystical, semiologists, semitrailers, semitropical, sillimanites, silversmiths, similarities, simplicities, simultaneity, stepfamilies, streamlining, testimonials, thalidomides, timelinesses, unmoralities, untimeliness, uricotelisms, vermiculites. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 6C 69 74 69 73 6D |
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references). .-.. .. - .. ... -- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01101100 01101001 01110100 01101001 01110011 01101101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E l i t i s m |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 006C 0069 0074 0069 0073 006D |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)39787586758579 |
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