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intelligentsia

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun intelligentsia has 1 sense

intelligentsia(n = noun.group) clerisy - an educated and intellectual elite; Array

is a kind of elite, elite group

has particulars: culturati, literati

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CIDE DICTIONARY

intelligentsia, n.

an educated and intellectual{2} elite; intellectuals, collectively or considered as a class. [WordNet 1.5]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

intelligentsia, n.
1 the class of intellectuals regarded as possessing culture and political initiative.
2 people doing intellectual work; intellectuals.

Etymology

Russ. f. Pol. inteligencja f. L intelligentia (as INTELLIGENT)

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