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intelligentsia

[in-tel-i-jent-see-uh, -gent-]

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plural noun

intellectuals considered as a group or class, especially as a cultural, social, or political elite.

Origin:
1905–10; < Russian intelligéntsia < Latin intelligentia intelligence

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intelligentsia (ɪnˌtɛlɪˈdʒɛntsɪə)

—n
	the intelligentsia the educated or intellectual people in a society or community

[C20: from Russian intelligentsiya, from Latin intellegentiaintelligence]

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Word Origin & History

intelligentsia

"the intellectual class collectively," 1905, from Rus. intelligyentsia, from L. intelligentia (see intelligence).

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Cultural Dictionary

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

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