(US, pejorative), out of touch with the sentiments of people living outside of Washington, D.C.; elitist, insular.
(US, pejorative), out of touch with the sentiments of people living outside of Washington, D.C.; elitist, insular.
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(US) of or relating to things that occur in Washington, D.C., usually in relation to United States national politics.
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An American term for a ring road or circumferential freeway that loops around a city, allowing through traffic to bypass the urban core. The most famous is the Capital Beltway (I-495) encircling Washington D.C., which gave rise to the political idiom 'inside the Beltway' — meaning the insular, self-referential world of D.C. politics and government. As political slang, 'Beltway' is shorthand for the disconnected elite of Washington: 'Beltway thinking,' 'Beltway media,' 'Beltway insiders.'
(US) A freeway that encircles a city.
(US, pejorative) The section of the elite class in Washington D.C. who have moved from political or regulatory work to lobbying firms or think tanks, especially in foreign policy or on the behalf of corporations.
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(US) within the portions of Washington D.C., Maryland and Virginia encircled by Interstate 495 (the Washington Beltway).
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