cultural elite

collocation in English

meaningsofculturalandelite

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cultural
adjective
uk
/ˈkʌl.tʃər.əl/us
/ˈkʌl.tʃɚ.əl/
relating to the habits, traditions, and beliefs 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 ofculturalandelitefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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They all represent the speech of theculturalelitein the country, meaning people with post-secondary education.
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Although they have emerged from diverse socio-economic backgrounds, all acquired at least a basic education which places them among aculturalelite.
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Rather, its local vernaculars cemented distance between the mass of urban society and an emergent middle-class political andculturalelite.
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Both were members of theculturalelite-the former a publisher and professor, the latter an author and censor-and probably knew each other professionally and socially.
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Theculturalelitewere watched until 1610.
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These items were buried in dolmens with theculturalelite.
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Many people feel that, in that system, aculturalelitemysteriously decides what the public should want.
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Sands entertained people within and outside of theculturalelitethroughout her life.
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They formed the social, commercial, political andculturalelitein that region for several centuries.
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It was an "art cabaret", meant only for theculturalelite.
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In the following decades it developed a following among theculturaleliteand many of its patients were wealthy.
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A genre film for theculturalelite, that got around the censors by virtue of its incomprehensibility.
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Turbans were formerly associated with the upper class, and many men in theculturalelitestill wear turbans.
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On the contrary, its language policies would be imposed from the top down by theculturalelite.
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Theculturalelitehas become extinct, but the decaying society is kept somewhat functional by machines, and the government is actually run on behalf of a few mega-corporations.
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