0 a group of people with education, money, and other advantages, often living in cities, who have liberal political views and are seen as not understanding the problems and views of ordinary people: --
Talk like that today and our liberal elites will brand you a cultural imperialist, or worse.
The term, like its sibling term liberal elites, may be used by conservatives in a pejorative context.
Liberal elites were satisfied by the victory but there were also some major consequences.
It was not written by liberal elites or the military itself, but rather young populist professionals, giving the document some authenticity for the peasantry.
He was rich, had good contacts, appreciated intrigue and immersed in commerce oriented toward service and merit, which united many of the liberal elite of the time.
The liberal elite and their supporters escaped into exile.
Success, they declared, required answering the people's plea for certainty, order and decency, not propping up failed ideas of the liberal elite.
To some, that would be an acceptance that we have failed in all other means of voter re-engagement—perhaps it would—and no doubt it will upset the liberal elite.