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nonelitist en · ADJ

Etymology

From non- + elitist.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Not elitist.
    • To be sure, the average American can sign his name more or less legibly, and can make out the sports headlines—but how many nonelitist Americans can, without undue difficulty, read as many as a thousand consecutive words of small print, some of which may be trisyllabic? 1980 January 20, Isaac Asimov, “A Cult of Ignorance”, in Newsweek, →ISSN, page 19:

nonelitist en · NOUN

Etymology

From non- + elitist.

Meanings

  1. One who is not an elitist.

Forms

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