culturati

[ kuhl-chuh-rah-tee, -rey-tahy ]

noun

, (usually used with a plural verb)

1. people deeply interested in cultural and artistic matters:

   Discerning culturati are eagerly awaiting the museum's opening.

Word History and Origins

Origin of culturati¹

First recorded in 1890–95; culture + -ati, patterned on literati

Example Sentences

Often enough, the laughing was of the can’t-catch-your-breath variety, further dizzying the ambivalence of the culturati by punching both high and low.

From New York Times

When Jake G. also got caught in the snare, some pop culturati encouraged him to get out of town until the heat cooled off.

From Washington Post

The world of “Non-Fiction” is itself what autofiction would look like if it were made as a commercial for the culturati.

From The New Yorker

Before 1955, most popular music was dismissed as kitsch by the reigning culturati, and distinctions between “high” and popular art were rigidly demarcated.

From New York Times

But the fourth annual edition of Washington’s only homegrown art fair — a sort of mini Comic Con for the culturati — gets underway in earnest Friday at noon.

From Washington Post