English

Noun

cliterati ‎(uncountable)

1. significant figures in the feminism movements.
   • 2004, Laura Flanders, The W effect: Bush's war on women, Feminist Press at the City University of New York, page 248:

     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.

2. influential women.
   • 1996, Lindsy Van Gelder, Pamela Robin Brandt, The Girls Next Door, Simon & Schuster, page 126:

     The women who come are famously sexy, rich, successful, and gorgeous: the cliterati.

References

• Most Outrageous Word of the Year, American Dialect Society

See also

• Appendix:American Dialect Society most outrageous words of the year