Sentence examples for aristocratic standard from inspiring English sources

The trouble, he believes, began in the mid-nineteen-sixties, when the old, aristocratic standard for college admission (were your people the right people?) ceded to the modern meritocracy (were you the right person?).

From vulgus, Latin for "the common people," it meant "manners and language below the aristocratic standards of the well bred," but in the decline of snootiness, the meaning changed to a harsher "crude; indecent; tasteless".

By the aristocratic standards of the day, Bute lived a reclusive lifestyle.

He suggests that the Pythagorean way of life differed little from standard aristocratic morality (Zhmud 2012a, 175).

The aristocratic society and standards, which meant everything to Pindar, were dead or dying.

Duberman credits Fidelma with an "aristocratic obliviousness toward mainstream standards of behavior" — true enough; she lived with a kind of serene affection within her brother's and her husband's gay circles — but he also notes that "now and then the problem of 'the boys' would prove difficult" for her.

Many of the same standards found in the aristocratic architectural traditions of Imerina are present in the Zafimaniry structures, including the central wooden pillar supporting the roof beam, exclusive use of a tongue and groove joining technique and the orientation of building features such as windows, doors and the interior layout.

Each dollar goes further towards improving standard of living for the average person in an aristocratic system than in a Democratic one".

He was replaced by Louis-Philippe, who named himself "King of the French", rather than the standard "King of France" – an indication that he answered more to the nascent bourgeoisie than the aristocratic Ancien Régime.

Aristocratic euthanasia.

Too aristocratic, too confusing.