intelligentsia

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[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

From Russian интеллигенция (intelligéncija) or Polish inteligencja, from Latin intellegentia (intelligence).

[edit] Pronunciation

  • (RP)1 IPA: /ɪntɛlɪˈʤɛntsɪə/
  • (RP)2 dated IPA: /ɪntɛlɪˈɡɛntsɪə/[1]

[edit] Noun

intelligentsia (uncountable)

  1. The intellectual élite of a society (especially in nineteenth-century Poland, in Russia and later the Soviet Union).

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  1. ^ The Oxford English Dictionary (2007).
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