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cliterati

cliterati noun: significant figures in the feminism movements.

Noun

cliterati pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Significant figures in the feminism movements.
    • Its first meeting, held at Eve Ensler's apartment, was a who's who, as Cuomo puts it, of "the New York cliterati," including Urvashi Vaid, Laura Flanders, Sarah Schulman and other notables.2004, Laura Flanders, The W effect: Bush's war on women, Feminist Press at the City University of New York, page 248
  2. (plural, plural-only) Influential women.
    • The women who come are famously sexy, rich, successful, and gorgeous: the cliterati.1996, Lindsy Van Gelder, Pamela Robin Brandt, The Girls Next Door, Simon & Schuster, page 126

Origin of cliterati

Blend of clitoris + literati.

Questions about cliterati

What does cliterati mean?
Cliterati means significant figures in the feminism movements.
What part of speech is cliterati?
Cliterati is a noun.

Words near cliterati in the dictionary

  1. clitellate
  2. clitellates
  3. clitelli
  4. clitellum
  5. clitellus
  6. cliterati
  7. cliterature
  8. Clites
  9. Cliteses
  10. clitface
  11. clitfaces

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