Elite and Government

Elite

Elite noun - Individuals carefully selected as being the best of a class.

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Government and elite are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Government" instead a noun "Elite".

Nearby Words: elitist, elitism

Government noun - Lawful control over the affairs of a political unit (as a nation).

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Elite and government are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Elite" instead a noun "Government".

old	old elite	old government
alien	alien elite	alien government
liberal	liberal elite	liberal government
ruling	ruling elite	ruling government
Other adjectives: single, corrupt, strong, powerful, bad, new, conservative, military, local, global, roman, norwegian.

The Quisling: Certain members of the elite and government are portrayed as this.

Source: Film / Heneral Luna
Vestigial Empire: After their defeat against the NCR and failure to secure the Capital Wasteland from the Brotherhood of Steel, the Enclave under General Jamison (who were already the remnants of the Pre-War US government and elite) are definitely this.

Source: Video Game / For The Enclave
This was because the dystopian government was attempting to stabilize society by completely eliminating human emotion (why the government needs an elite, Gun Kata trained task force to carry this out is never really explained).

Source: Film / Equilibrium

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