intelligentsia

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.3.2 References

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[edit] Etymology

From Russian интеллигенция (intelligéncija) or Polish inteligencja, from Latin intellegentia (“‘intelligence’”).

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

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inteligentsia

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

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• Notes:

1. ^ The Oxford English Dictionary (2007).