What is another word for the elites?

Pronunciation: [ðɪ ɪlˈiːts] (IPA)

"The elites" is a phrase commonly used to describe a privileged group of individuals who possess power, wealth, and influence within a society. However, there are many other synonyms that can be used to describe this group, such as the "upper class," the "ruling class," the "establishment," the "aristocracy," the "privileged few," the "upper echelon," and the "top tier." These synonyms emphasize the elitist nature of this group and highlight their distance from the rest of society. Whether referring to economic, political, or social elites, these synonyms all convey a sense of power, exclusivity, and privilege that characterizes this small but powerful group within society.

What are the hypernyms for The elites?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Famous quotes with The elites

  • The welfare state is not really about the welfare of the masses. It is about the egos of the elites.
    Thomas Sowell
  • According to many of our political and intellectual elites, both liberal and conservative, the minority in a democracy enjoys only such rights as the majority chooses to bestow upon them. The Bill of Rights in the American Constitution—and similar bills in state Constitutions—are regarded as gifts from the majority to the minority. But the American Constitution, and the state constitutions subordinate to it have, at one time or another, sanctioned both slavery and Jim Crow, by which the bills of rights applied to white Americans were denied to black Americans. But according to the elites, it is not undemocratic for the minority to lose. From this perspective, both slavery and Jim Crow were exercises of democratic majority rule. This is precisely the view of democracy by the Sunnis in Iraq, and is the reason they are fighting the United States.
    Harry V. Jaffa
  • Europeans firmly believe these sorts of caricatures--because they are repeated every day by the elites.
    Jean-François Revel
  • As immigration trends suggest, anti-Americanism is not deeply rooted as a popular prejudice. In Europe, anti-Americanism is much more a hobgoblin of the political, cultural, and religious elites. According to a SOFRES survey of May 2000, only 10 percent of French feel dislike for the U.S. After September 11, according to another poll, 52 percent of French people interviewed said they had always felt warmly toward the U.S., against 32 percent who said the opposite. Historian Michel Winock concludes that "anti-Americanism is not an attitude of the average French person; it is typical of a certain segment of the elites."
    Jean-François Revel

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