literati

🇬🇧 UK/.litә'rɑ:ti:. 'rɑ:ti:. -'reitai/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

n.

Well-educated people with a strong interest in literature and intellectual matters; the literary intelligentsia.

文人,文学界人士;知识分子阶层

🧩 Root Breakdown

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Common Collocations

  • 1.European literati欧洲文人
  • 2.intellectual literati知识分子

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The literati of the Renaissance period produced some of history's greatest works.

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