His grandparents on both sides were card-carrying members of that establishment, yet ever since he showed up at Yale as a freshman in 1964, Mr. Bush has resolutely cultivated an anti-intellectualism and chafed at what he describes as the arrogance of liberal intellectual elitists.
In addition, Ms. Jacoby, like Mr. Keen, can sound moralistic at times, assuming the very tone that anti-intellectuals point to when putting down intellectual elitists.
According to a press release obtained by the website LaPolitics, Dasher said he is seeking to represent the 5th District of Louisiana so that he can "effectively fight the big government intellectual elitists in Washington".
The novel, unlike the poem, is a commercial commodity, and it lends itself less than the materials of literary magazines to that specialized appeal called coterie, intellectual or elitist.
In response to "Call It Booklyn," by Sara Gran (Sept . 10, about Brooklyn as the epicenter of the hip and intellectual (read: elitist), I would like to point out that the real Brooklyn exists to the east of the literary mecca of Park Slope.
At times, this play feels like a school field trip--it is so intellectual and elitist it often comes off as boring and never-ending.
When Mao Zedong launched the Cultural Revolution in China in the 1960s, young zealots were encouraged to root out intellectuals and elitists.
"I do think one of the ironies of the past two or three weeks is this idea that Michelle and I are elitist, intellectual pointy-head types.
He grew up watching dubbed drama from all over the world, and when he moved to England 21 years ago (he's just got his British residency) he found it strange that "foreign language was only found in cinema, in an elitist, intellectual, quite snobbish way".
