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trahison des clercs
noun
[ ˌtrɑːɪzɒ̃ deɪ ˈklɛː ]
• a betrayal of intellectual, artistic, or moral standards by writers, academics, or artists.
Origin:
French, literally ‘treason of the scholars’, the title of a book by Julien Benda (1927).
