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in⋅tel⋅li⋅gent⋅si⋅a

  [in-tel-i-jent-see-uh, -gent-]
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–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
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in·tel·li·gent·si·a   (ĭn-těl'ə-jěnt'sē-ə, -gěnt'-)   
n.  The intellectual elite of a society.

[Russian intelligentsiya, from Latin intelligentia, intelligence, from intelligēns, intelligent-, intelligent; see intelligent.]
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intelligentsia [(in-tel-uh-jent-see-uh)]

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

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