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elite

adj
/ɪˈliːt/UK/ɪˈlit/US/ɪˈliːt/

Etymology

From Middle English elit, from Old French elit, eslit (“chosen, elected”) past participle of elire, eslire (“to choose, elect”), from Latin eligere (“to choose, elect”), with past participle electus; see elect.

  1. derived from eligere
  2. derived from elit
  3. inherited from elit

Definitions

  1. Of high birth or social position

    Of high birth or social position; aristocratic or patrician.

  2. Representing the choicest or most select of a group.

  3. A special group or social class of people who have a superior social or economic status…

    A special group or social class of people who have a superior social or economic status and attendant power, advantages, or privileges in society; a member of such a group.

    • constituting an elite
    • the hubris of the elites
    • Is there a nobler or more disinterested aim than to educate the cadres, the elites of tomorrow?
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. An individual member of such a group.

    2. Someone who is among the best at a certain task.

    3. A typeface with 12 characters per inch.

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Derived

antielite, anti-elite, counterelite, elitarian, elite ball knowledge, elite capture, elitedom, eliteness, elite overproduction, eliticide, elitocracy, nonelite, subelite, superelite, unelite, coastal elite, cyberelite, liberal elite, metropolitan elite, power elite, technoelite

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at elite. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at elite. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at elite

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA