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in⋅tel⋅li⋅gent⋅si⋅a

[in-tel-i-jent-see-uh, -gent-]
–plural noun
intellectuals considered as a group or class, esp. as a cultural, social, or political elite.

Origin:
1905–10; < Russ intelligéntsia < L intelligentia intelligence
in·tel·li·gent·si·a     (ĭn-těl'ə-jěnt'sē-ə, -gěnt'-)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   The intellectual elite of a society.


[Russian intelligentsiya, from Latin intelligentia, intelligence, from intelligēns, intelligent-, intelligent; see intelligent.]

intelligentsia

noun
an educated and intellectual elite 


intelligentsia [(in-tel-uh-jent-see-uh)]

Intellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite.


[Chapter:] Anthropology, Psychology, and Sociology


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