Elite

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The most select, distinguished layer of informal leaders that stand out in each social group or corporation, and that develops and transmits ethical, aesthetic values, etc., and norms of social conduct within their group. Various theories give different definitions of this phenomenon, its nature, social status and role in society, from biological interpretations that see no essential difference between natural and social elites, to mechanistic, systematology and culturalogical interpretations.