The adjective describing Marie Antoinette's out-of-touch privilege. Someone who is Antoinettesque is out of touch about real-world struggles because of a worldview warped by privileged assumptions, often suggesting remedies to basic emergencies — no bread — with something that would only worsen the problem: eating more-expensive pastry. People who are Antoinettesque often think their proposal shows how brilliant and compassionate they are.
With unemployment at 30%, he couldn't find a job, was eating at soup kitchens, and had 19 cents to his name. Her solution showed her Antoinettesque cluelessness: "Why not open a clothing store? You can sell an Eskimo snow, and you have such great taste in clothes for a straight man."
by JamKill May 10, 2023