organic intellectual

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Etymology[edit]

Coined by the Italian Marxist Antonio Gramsci.

Noun[edit]

organic intellectual (plural organic intellectuals)

  1. An intellectual member of a social class, as opposed to a member of the traditional intelligentsia that regards itself as a class apart from the rest of society.

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