| 单词 | élitism |
| 释义 | élitism|eɪˈliːtɪz(ə)m|
[f. élite n.3 + -ism.]
Advocacy of or reliance on the leadership and dominance of an élite (in a society, or in any body or class of persons). Hence éˈlitist n. and a.
1950D. Riesman in Psychiatry XIII. 303/1 He [sc. Freud] shared with..Nietzsche and Carlyle elements of an elitist position. 1951― Individualism Reconsidered (1954) 30 In Elton Mayo and in other recent writers, one can find a similar elitism and..concern with the formation of group consensus through strong leadership. 1957C. Hunt Guide to Communist Jargon xlix. 161 His [sc. Lenin's] conception of the ‘narrow’ party consisting of an élite, whose more highly developed class consciousness enables it to see further than those among whom it works... But this élitism is anti-democratic. 1960New Left Rev. Nov.–Dec. 30/1 The élitist manipulation..of the Communist Party. 1961Ibid. Jan.–Feb. 59/2 Thompson doesn't know what to do with..us..condemn us as quotation mongers? class us with elitists? 1968New Scientist 30 May 446/2 The theme of his speech was ‘Elitism and Excellence’, the excellence being that of the mathematically gifted, and the elitism being the varying degrees of regard paid to this talent. |
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