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cliterati en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

Blend of clitoris + literati.

Meanings

  1. (plural, plural-only) Significant figures in the feminism movements.
    • Its first meeting, held at Eve Ensler's apartment, was a who's who, as Cuomo puts it, of "the New York cliterati," including Urvashi Vaid, Laura Flanders, Sarah Schulman and other notables. 2004, Laura Flanders, The W effect: Bush's war on women, Feminist Press at the City University of New York, page 248:
  2. (plural, plural-only) Influential women.
    • The women who come are famously sexy, rich, successful, and gorgeous: the cliterati. 1996, Lindsy Van Gelder, Pamela Robin Brandt, The Girls Next Door, Simon & Schuster, page 126: