belligerati means literary people, authors — literati — who promote wars of aggression. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 89 out of 100.
Why “belligerati” is a great word
BELLIGERATI — [Noun] A class of intellectuals, particularly writers and commentators, who use their cultural authority to fervently advocate for aggressive military policies and the necessity of war. The word is a modern portmanteau, a blend of English 'belligerent' (meaning warlike or aggressive) and 'literati' (meaning the class of learned or literary people). Unlike the 'literati' (who engage in broad, often detached intellectual discourse) or the 'pacifist' (who advocates for principled opposition to violence), the belligerati are defined by their fusion of erudition and martial zeal. They are the polished op-ed calling for a 'clean' intervention, the think-tank report with its footnotes foretelling glory, and the somber television analysis that speaks of 'national interests' with bloodless certainty—the clerks of conflict, lending the cold architecture of theory to the hot work of war.
Etymology
Blend of belligerent + literati which is also the plural of belligerātus.
noun
- Literary people, authors — literati — who promote wars of aggression.“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.”