literati

Noun

Meaning

Learned or literary men. See Literatus.

of Literatus

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

Show all synonyms

Antonyms

Show all antonyms

Hypernyms

Examples

The piddling ignoramuses who deny that there is a distinct, discernible, objective western tradition are just woozy literati. Camille Paglia

The bible belt is oral territory and therefore despised by the literati. Marshall McLuhan

Sometimes there's a snobbery among literary types that these people don't really get it, but in a lot of ways they get it more than the literati. There's a culture in the background that they understand and know. They get that deeper level. Irvine Welsh

Fantastic fiction covers fantasy, horror and science fiction - and it doesn't get the attention it deserves from the literati. China Miéville

Any political discussion was full of references to this background, and one could not be one of the literati (or, in some periods, even a military officer) without having memorized them. Source: Internet

But in contrast to many literati and establishment obituaries, the Circus asserted that nobody "thought of Updike as a vital writer." Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms