ELITISM

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The attitude that society should be governed by an elite group of individuals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("elitism" is a kind of...):

ideology; political orientation; political theory (an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation)

Derivation:

elitist (someone who believes in rule by an elite group)