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-rati (RAT.ty) suffix. Indicates the intelligentsia or the elite of a particular group.

Notes:
The original is literati: the literary intelligentsia or the educated class (the literate intelligentsia). Variations on the theme include digerati (digital intelligentsia), journarati (journalism intelligentsia), cinerati (cinema intelligentsia), and Liberati (Liberace intelligentsia).

Related Words:
belligerati
chatterati
geekerati

Subject Category:
Sociology - General

Posted on July 10, 1996 at 11:33 PM
Updated on July 10, 1996 at 11:33 PM


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