Definition of "glitterati" []

• Informal Highly fashionable celebrities; the smart set: "private parties on Park Avenue and Central Park West, where the literati mingled with glitterati” ( Skylines). (noun-plural)

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• "According to the article, the Republican glitterati is rethinking being pro-life and against gay rights because it alienated moderates who are apparently focused on esoteric issues like jobs, health care and education."
• "For the political glitterati aka clever-dicks, of course, all this will pass them by without disturbing so much as a hair on their carefully coiffured little heads."
• "Its aim is to expose the 'glitterati' of the wine world to the best of our Pinot Noir within an event environment that combines fine wine with fine cuisine and kiwi entertainment."