datarati

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noun

People with a professional or otherwise profound interest in data, considered as a class; data analysts, statisticians.

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Meanings

noundatarati (uncountable)
  1. uncountablePeople with a professional or otherwise profound interest in data, considered as a class; data analysts, statisticians.

    Self-monitoring has become a serious status symbol of healthy intent — everyone wants to become part of the “datarati”.

    2014 August 15, Peta Bee, The Australian
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    Varian believes that a new era is dawning for what you might call the datarati—and it's all about harnessing supply and demand.

    2009 May 22, Wired

    That pot of numbers is itself porn for the global datarati – the folks who love nothing more than dissecting humanity by the numbers and restructuring the world to streamline our impulses in the name of efficiency.

    2016 July 14, Mark Hay, “Datagasm”, in Aeon

Origin

From data + -erati.

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APA

datarati. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/datarati

MLA

“datarati.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/datarati. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “datarati,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/datarati.

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