as in intelligentsia
intellectuals considered as a social class
Boston's 19th-century literati often referred to their city as "the Athens of America"
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His attempt at a murder-free life was left in Washington state; with Wonder and New England’s literati, Joe has plenty of reasons to get stressed and obsessed.
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Karin Tanabe, Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2023
So much attention still focuses on the American and European expat literati that gave the place its slightly seedy, counterculture reputation.
—Graham H. Cornwell, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2023
Advertisement There have been three prominent murderers who were released after high-profile interventions by the well-meaning literati, whether conservative or liberal.
—John J. Lennon, The New York Review of Books, 9 Mar. 2023
But being decried by smug East Coast literati, the sort of elites McCormick had famously blamed for America’s ills with a parochialism inherited by some successors, could have been seen as a plus in Tribune Tower.
—Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2023
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Karin Tanabe, Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2023
So much attention still focuses on the American and European expat literati that gave the place its slightly seedy, counterculture reputation.
—Graham H. Cornwell, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2023
Advertisement There have been three prominent murderers who were released after high-profile interventions by the well-meaning literati, whether conservative or liberal.
—John J. Lennon, The New York Review of Books, 9 Mar. 2023
But being decried by smug East Coast literati, the sort of elites McCormick had famously blamed for America’s ills with a parochialism inherited by some successors, could have been seen as a plus in Tribune Tower.
—Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2023
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“Literati.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/literati. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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