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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Intellectual and elitist are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Intellectual" instead an adjective "Elitist".
Intellectual
Intellectual adjective - Much given to learning and thinking.
Elitist and intellectual are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Elitist" instead an adjective "Intellectual".
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- There seems to be an unspoken assumption in American politics that "intellectual" is a synonym for "elitist", and therefore of "bad".
Source: Dumb Is Good -
Atheists are smugly convinced of their own intellectual superiority and usually blinded to the "truth" by their own elitist pretensions.
Source: Hollywood Atheist - Like the Elitist, you can identify Highbrow fans by an apparent belief that they are somehow superior to other fans or the public at large; in this case, however, their superiority stems from their (supposed) sophistication and intellectual prowess.
Source: Fan Dumb
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