What's an English word that means "a community of experts"?
There is an English word that begins with "con" and means "a community of experts in a certain field". I am not able to recollect that word. Can someone please help me?
Are you thinking of cognoscenti?
–plural noun, singular -te /-ti/
persons who have superior knowledge and understanding of a particular field, esp. in the fine arts, literature, and world of fashion.
Connoisseur(s), maybe?
Which is originally a french word, BTW.
"Condescending gits" is how I would describe a collection of people who think they are experts, but that is not quite what was asked.