elitist

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organized for the good of a few people who have special interests or abilities:

Many remember sport at school as elitist, focusing only on those who were good at it.

someone who believes that some things should be controlled or owned only by the richest or best educated people:

They were elitists who had a contempt for popular politics.

characteristic of the elite, and esp. not caring about the interests or values of ordinary people:

He denounced the plan as impracticable and elitist.