Elite and Gentility

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Elite

Elite noun - The highest class in a society.

Usage example: the country's elite owned or controlled most of the wealth

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Gentility is a synonym for elite in nobility topic. In some cases you can use "Gentility" instead a noun "Elite", when it comes to topics like over, high-class persons.

Nearby Words: elitist, elitism

Gentility

Gentility noun - The highest class in a society.

Usage example: as members of the gentility, they felt an obligation to help the less fortunate

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Elite is a synonym for gentility in nobility topic. You can use "Elite" instead a noun "Gentility", if it concerns topics such as sophistication, over, aristocracy.

Nearby Words: gentle, gently, gentile

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common	common elite	common gentility
liberal	liberal elite	liberal gentility
educated	educated elite	educated gentility
southern	southern elite	southern gentility

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He makes frequent comments about Stephen's attractiveness, but then it's heavily implied that as one of The Beautiful Elite (and a dark parody of aristocracy), attractiveness and gentility are almost all he cares about.

Source: Literature / Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

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