Belligerati

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Literary people, authors — literati — who promote wars of aggression. plural, plural-only

    "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."

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"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."

Etymology

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

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