intelligentsia
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Etymology[edit]
From Russian интеллигенция (intelligéncija) or Polish inteligencja, from Latin intellegentia (“intelligence”).
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Noun[edit]
intelligentsia (uncountable)
- The intellectual élite of a society (especially in nineteenth-century Poland, in Russia and later the Soviet Union).
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Translations[edit]
Intellectual élite
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References[edit]
- ^ Oxford English Dictionary (2007)