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belligerati

belligerati noun: literary people, authors — literati — who promote wars of aggression.

Noun

belligerati pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Literary people, authors — literati — who promote wars of aggression.
    • I am not, in this instance, referring to the belligerati - Salman Rushdie, Martin Amis and chums - ever-present in the liberal press on both sides of the Atlantic.2005, Tariq Ali, Street Fighting Years: An Autobiography Of The Sixties, page 19
    • They are the belligerati who are given opinion columns and radio talkback programs; who are accorded the status of minor celebrities; and there can at times seem no end to the uniquely Australian cross of their public bullying2011, Andrew Charlton, Man-Made World, page 88

Origin of belligerati

Blend of belligerent + literati which is also the plural of belligerātus.

Questions about belligerati

What does belligerati mean?
Belligerati means literary people, authors — literati — who promote wars of aggression.
What part of speech is belligerati?
Belligerati is a noun.

Words near belligerati in the dictionary

  1. bellies out
  2. bellies up
  3. bellies up to the bar
  4. belliesful
  5. belliferous
  6. belligerati
  7. belligerence
  8. belligerences
  9. belligerencies
  10. belligerency
  11. belligerent

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