urban elite
collocation in Englishmeaningsofurbanandelite
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urban
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˈɜː.bən/us/ˈɝː.bən/
of or in a city ...
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elite
noun[C, + sing/pl verb]
uk/iˈliːt/us/iˈliːt/
the richest, most powerful, best-educated, or best-trained group in ...
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(Definition ofurbanandelitefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofurban elite
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A high proportion of them - although not all of them - came from theurbanelite.
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Access to and income from cattle are still central to both theurbaneliteand rural dwellers.
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In particular attention has focused on the character of theurbaneliteand its role in the process of change.
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In nearly all other respects, however, the judges shared a similar outlook and easily ranked among theurbanelite.
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Words take on different nuances for a member of theurbaneliteas opposed to, say, a farmer.
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Roberts uncovers no significant changes in the physical, affective or moral rearing of children in hisurbanelitein the two centuries studied.
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Both of these factors ensured a greater measure of agrarian production in urban household economies and within urban jurisdictions, and also ensured a more agrarian-basedurbanelite.
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Both works under discussion here draw similar conclusions about the changing position of theurbaneliteduring the early modern period, despite their different emphases (political and social).
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The rapid expansion of manufacturing after 1850 brought about a growing recognition, among sections of theurbanelite, of the likely damaging effects of further prolonged con-ict.
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We are left to wonder how urban opinion was marshalled behind the copper industry, or what role the coppermasters played in the formation of a localurbanelite.
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For theurbanelitethis was perhaps an understandable response as the alternative suggestion that their governance was at variance with a new working-class electorate was even more unpalatable.
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These large, gilded bronze statues must have made a startling impact, and may have helped to achieve the evident aim of identifying theurbanelitewith this highly charged location.
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With stylish shops and cafes, it became something of a meeting place for the youngurbanelite.
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The small number of priests and members of religious institutes in the 1930s ministered mainly to theurbanelite.
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In those circumstances, although we are willing to fund a programme of land reform, it must be a programme targeted at the rural poor and not anurbanelite.
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