Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun plural People interested in culture and cultural activities.
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- noun Well-educated people who are interested in
cultural activities.
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- noun people interested in culture and cultural activities
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Malcolm Gladwell, in his magisterial ability to state the obvious, broke this old news to the American culturati in a recent issue of the New Yorker.
Matthew Wills: How About a Global Fight Party? Matthew Wills 2010
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Uncertain how to identity that particular subset, I parse the group as a mix of money -- both old (Southampton's Meadow Club); and new (Bridgehampton's upstart so there Atlantic Golf Club) -- art world players; the culturati; and women who wear sheaths so tight they locomote with a little shuffle.
Erica Abeel: Getting Voluptuous With Robert Wilson at His Hamptons Gala Erica Abeel 2011
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The First Light Gala was a black tie affair, filling the space with Denver's culturati -- a convivial group of donors, patrons and civic leaders.
Tracy Shaffer: I Love You Clyfford ... Still Tracy Shaffer 2011
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Indeed, it's people that have always been at the centre of his work, be it collaborating with fellow culturati in his studio or having gallery-goers considering their own reflections rubbing up against the figures in his photo-realist Mirror Paintings.
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The First Light Gala was a black tie affair, filling the space with Denver's culturati -- a convivial group of donors, patrons and civic leaders.
Tracy Shaffer: I Love You Clyfford ... Still Tracy Shaffer 2011
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The First Light Gala was a black tie affair, filling the space with Denver's culturati -- a convivial group of donors, patrons and civic leaders.
Tracy Shaffer: I Love You Clyfford ... Still Tracy Shaffer 2011
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Religious people got angry; the culturati got angry.
Matthew Milliner: The Return Of The Religious In Contemporary Art Matthew Milliner 2011
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Religious people got angry; the culturati got angry.
Matthew Milliner: The Return Of The Religious In Contemporary Art Matthew Milliner 2011
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Malcolm Gladwell, in his magisterial ability to state the obvious, broke this old news to the American culturati in a recent issue of the New Yorker.
Matthew Wills: How About a Global Fight Party? Matthew Wills 2010
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The First Light Gala was a black tie affair, filling the space with Denver's culturati -- a convivial group of donors, patrons and civic leaders.
Tracy Shaffer: I Love You Clyfford ... Still Tracy Shaffer 2011
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