The word "aristocratic" refers to a social class made up of wealthy and powerful people who are often born into high positions in society. They are considered to be of noble or upper-class standing. Full definition
The model of that kind of analytic use of nostalgia is Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America, which is full of aristocratic criticisms of democracy and democratic criticisms of aristocracy. (firstthings.com)
She envisions a pair of fictional aristocratic families in a new series of life - sized charcoal, pastel, and pencil portraits. (culturetype.com)
Thus, modern inventions have reinforced the democratization of society by obliterating the duality of manual labor and intellectual labor and by making it possible — even necessary for the sake of efficiency — for everyone to engage in the kinds of work reserved in aristocratic societies for gentlemen. (religion-online.org)