literati

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This makes for puckish satire of the literati and its highly cultured brand of condescension; at times the movie feels like a South American spin on a Noah Baumbach film.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

What was supporting the grand mansions and the literati in England in the middle of the 19th century?

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 30, 2023

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

When East Coast literati ask themselves this question, they often answer: Joan Didion.

From New York Times • May 17, 2023

Perhaps he is a cabaret performer, and will presently give your aunt a novel insight into the habits of the literati by rising to sing with a lamentable air of gayety, "Funiculi, Funicula."

From The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces by Kilmer, Joyce