Usually means: Belief in rule by elite.
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We found 25 dictionaries that define the word elitism:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. elitism: Merriam-Webster
  2. elitism: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. elitism: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. elitism: Collins English Dictionary
  5. elitism: Vocabulary.com
  6. Elitism, elitism: Wordnik
  7. elitism: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. elitism: Wiktionary
  9. elitism: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. elitism: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. elitism: Dictionary.com
  12. Elitism: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. elitism: Rhymezone
  14. elitism: FreeDictionary.org
  15. elitism: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. elitism: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. elitism: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. elitism: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. elitism: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. elitism: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Political (No longer online)
  2. A Brief Critical Dictionary of Education (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. elitism: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See elitisms as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  The belief that a society or system should be run by an elite.
noun:  The superior attitude or behaviour associated with an elite.

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