1. The belief that certain persons or members of certain classes or groups deserve favored treatment by virtue of their perceived superiority, as in intellect, social status, or financial resources.
2. A sense of being part of a superior or priviliged group.
Used with a plural verb: "Poets may easily conceive themselves an an elite...entitled to spurn the masses" (Christopher Morris)
spurn (spūrn) v. spurned, spurn·ing, spurns
v. tr. 1. To reject disdainfully or contemptuously; scorn. See Synonyms at refuse 2. To kick at or tread on disdainfully.
v. intr. To reject something contemptuously.
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