Meaning of belligerati | Babel Free

Definitions

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

plural, plural-only

Examples

“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.”

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