(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).
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