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nonelitist

nonelitist

English

Adjective

nonelitist (not comparable)

  1. Not elitist.
    • 1980 January 20, Asimov, Isaac, “A Cult of Ignorance”, in Newsweek, ISSN 0028-9604, page 19:
      To be sure, the average American can sign his name more or less legibly, and can make out the sports headlines—but how many nonelitist Americans can, without undue difficulty, read as many as a thousand consecutive words of small print, some of which may be trisyllabic?

Noun

nonelitist (plural nonelitists)

  1. One who is not an elitist.