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literati

[lit-uh-rah-tee] / ˌlɪt əˈrɑ ti /


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Now, a coalition of legislators, scientists, business owners, artists and Florida literati is—wait for it—wading in.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 23, 2026

In the world of literature, for example, authors who are “othered” outside of the elite literati typically are boxed into othering themselves just to parlay their creativity into a career.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 24, 2023

Unlike, for example, the 1983 list, which now looks like a defining picture of the London literati, the judges believe the 2023 list is more representative of British society as a whole.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2023

Alert the literati — Susan Sontag is getting a biopic and Kristen Stewart is set to play the late writer-provocateur.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2023

Far from being fanatical, the temper of these literati savours somewhat of a much later indifferentism.

From The Anglo-French Entente in the Seventeenth Century by Bastide, Charles




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