intelligentsia[noun]Synonyms: intellectuals, highbrows, literati
Related Words: avant-garde,
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in‧tel‧li‧gent‧si‧a /ɪnˌteləˈdʒentsiə, ɪnˌtelɪˈdʒentsiə/
noun [
Word Family: noun:
intelligence,
intelligentsia,
intelligibility;
adverb:
intelligently,
intelligibly;
adjective:
intelligent ≠
UNINTELLIGENT,
intelligible ≠
unintelligible]
[
Date: 1900-2000;
Language: Russian;
Origin: intelligentsiya, from Latin intelligentia 'intelligence']
the intelligentsia the people in a society who are most highly educated and who are most interested in new ideas, especially in art, literature, or politics
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