local elite
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflocalandelite
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local
adjective
uk/ˈləʊ.kəl/us/ˈloʊ.kəl/
from, existing in, serving, or responsible for a small area, especially of ...
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elite
noun[C, + sing/pl verb]
uk/iˈliːt/us/iˈliːt/
the richest, most powerful, best-educated, or best-trained group in ...
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(Definition oflocalandelitefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesoflocal elite
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Of course thislocalelitedid not exist in a vacuum.
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Zapotec ceramics placed inlocalelitetombs as exotic, high-value goods.
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The collection can be most helpful for an interpretion oflocaleliteperspectives on the past.
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This helps consolidate their authority with alocalelite, whose political instincts are likely otherwise to be more conservative.
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A decisive development is a transformation of the population into tax-paying farmers under thelocalelite.
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From the perspective of the colonial government, the parastatal organizations were convenient arenas for managing thelocalelite.
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Fourth, in a colonial setting where the government needed to co-opt thelocalelite, the parastatal design provided an ideal institutional infrastructure.
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While they have long relied on patronage ties withlocalelitefarmers, they have also relied upon mutual aid among themselves.
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Nevertheless, by continuing to mention the polity by its archaic name-that is, excluding the statements k'uhul and/or ajaw-thelocalelitemanifested a traditionalist attitude.
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It is true that, aslocaleliteat the grassroots level, they could hardly have any inspiration or ambition to advance in this career path.
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Even if they were liberals in the broadest sense, what was decisive in local government was not politics, but social status and membership oflocalelitesocieties.
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Exploitation bylocalelitefarmers did not begin with the formation of weekly markets in the 1980s, but with the formation of agricultural cooperatives in the 1960s.
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Officers were typically from thelocalelite, although the class composition of the ranks was probably more mixed, and payment for militia service made working-class participation feasible.
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More noticeably, the colonial state functioned by incorporating an eclectic selection oflocalelite groups, whose position in relation to the rest of society was thereby transformed and enhanced.
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We are talking not about a national elite but about the creation and perpetuation of alocalelite.
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Such an important role resulted in a major influence of thelocalelite.
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The high cost of this effort caused unrest among thelocalelite.
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Thelocaleliteseems to have invested in the building of churches.
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Their first task is to perform a fashion show for thelocalelitesociety, modelling polo clothes.
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Among his customers were members of thelocalelite, who ordered drawing of their country houses outside the city.
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They became thelocaleliteof their communities, while scholar-officials relied upon them for maintaining order and fulfilling various duties under their jurisdiction.
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