aristocratic

Speech parts

1. aristocratic - Adjective

2. aristocratic - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Alt. of Aristocratical

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

patrician aristocratical blue-blooded royal noble majestic regal kingly exclusive elite refined gentle stately genteel courtly
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Antonyms

neolithic rococo democrat rusty dowdy democratic
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Related terms

aristocrat aristocracy

Phrases with the word

aristocratic woman aristocratic person aristocratic systems aristocratic arts aristocratic potentate aristocratic background

Examples

What is intoxicating about bad taste is the aristocratic pleasure of offensiveness. Charles Baudelaire

The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democratic paint, but from time to time one can see the old aristocratic colours breaking through. Alexis de Tocqueville

We are tired of aristocratic explanations in Harvard words. Dwight D. Eisenhower

It does not seem that the contradiction which exists between the aristocratic function of art and the democratic structure of modern society can ever be resolved. Herbert Read

I have to struggle to change people's perceptions of me. I grew very frustrated with the perception that I'm this shy, retiring, inhibited aristocratic creature when I'm absolutely not like that at all. I think I'm much more outgoing and exuberant than my image. Helena Bonham Carter

The Aristocratic Institutions of England [had] acted much like the Slavery Institutions of America...[in] demoralis[ing] large classes outside their own special boundaries...[in producing] a long habit of submission...[and in] enfeebl[ing] by corrupting those who should assail them. John Bright

Close letter words and terms

aristocracy of labour aristocrat aristocratess aristocratic arts aristocratic background aristocratic classes