Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

belligerati

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bel-ligerati
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Literary people, authors — literati — who promote wars of aggression.

Example Sentences

"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."
"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 bullying"
"Since neoconservatives and the liberal belligerati have sought to appropriate these ideological resources on behalf of imperialism, aspects of this question will be examined in chapter 1."

Etymology

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

Questions

What does belligerati mean?: Literary people, authors — literati — who promote wars of aggression.
Where does belligerati come from?: Blend of belligerent + literati which is also the plural of belligerātus.

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