Difficult
Difficult adjective - Requiring considerable physical or mental effort.
Elitist and difficult are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Elitist" instead an adjective "Difficult".
Nearby Word: difficulty
Elitist
Elitist adjective - Being or characteristic of a person who has an offensive air of superiority and tends to ignore or disdain anyone regarded as inferior.
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Synonyms for Elitist
Difficult and elitist are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Difficult" instead an adjective "Elitist".
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- To Skyrim fans, Dark Souls fans are Munchkins, Stop Having Fun Guys and elitist snobs who believe that because they play a difficult game, they're simply better than everyone else.
Source: Flame War / Video Games - Many in academia, management, elitist organisation, or really any other group that is difficult to get into will develop something like this.
Source: New Speak -
The Brotherhood possessed advanced technology (as the entire point to their order was to preserve technology over human life) but their elitist and isolationist nature meant that replacing their troops was difficult while the NCR was a republic free to conscript thousands of soldiers.
Source: We Have Reserves
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