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antielitist

antielitist adjective: opposed to elitism.

Adjective

antielitist (comparative more antielitist, superlative most antielitist)

  1. Opposed to elitism.
    • Basically, our politics will be populist, antielitist, antibureaucratic.1993 January 29, Michael Miner, “Voice Transplant at the Sun-Times/Crime of a Genration”, in Chicago Reader
    • The pair do not appear to have discussed the irony of a famous billionaire who kept a black book of his connections with the global elite helping Mr. Bannon whip up anti-elitist political sentiment.2026 February 16, Sharon LaFraniere, Teresa Mondría Terol, “Despite Epstein’s Toxicity, Steve Bannon Stood by Him, Texts Indicate”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Noun

antielitist (plural antielitists)

  1. One who opposes elitism.

Forms of antielitist

Adjective
comparativemore antielitist
superlativemost antielitist
alternative formanti-elitist
Noun
pluralantielitists

Origin of antielitist

From anti- + elitist.

Questions about antielitist

What does antielitist mean?
Antielitist means opposed to elitism.
What part of speech is antielitist?
Antielitist can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near antielitist in the dictionary

  1. antielements
  2. antielimination
  3. antielite
  4. antielites
  5. antielitism
  6. antielitist
  7. antielitists
  8. antiembolic
  9. antiembolism
  10. antiemesis
  11. antiemetic

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