intelligentsia
Meanings
Plural: intelligentsias
Noun
- an educated and intellectual elite
- The intellectual elite of a society, particularly in Marxist doctrine.
Origin / Etymology
From Russian интеллиге́нция (intelligéncija) or Polish inteligencja, from Latin intellegentia (“intelligence”). Doublet of intelligence.
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