priviligentsian.

Brit.

/ˌprɪv(ᵻ)lᵻˈdʒɛnsɪə/, U.S.

/ˌprɪv(ə)ləˈdʒɛn(t)siə/

Forms: 1900s– privilegentsia, 1900s– priviligentsia. Also with capital initial.

Origin: Formed within English, by blending. Etymons: privilege n., intelligentsia n.

Etymology: Blend of privilege n. and intelligentsia n.

1. Politics. In the Soviet Union and other communist countries: a class of approved intellectuals and Party bureaucrats enjoying certain social and economic privileges over ordinary citizens; cf. nomenklatura n. 2, partocracy n. Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > [noun] > middle class or bourgeoisie > specific

lower middle class1831

haute bourgeoisie1888

priviligentsia1953

society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > communism > [noun] > adherent of > privileged class in communist state

priviligentsia1953

new class1957

nomenklatura1975

1953 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald-Jrnl. 4 Sept. 2/2 Life [in Budapest] is undoubtedly hard for all but the best-paid workers and the usual ‘priviligentsia’.

1960 Guardian 1 Apr. 8/3 That group of people whom Professor Shapiro very aptly called the Communist priviligentsia.

1976 Times 22 Apr. 14/6 The bureaucracy has become the Privilegentsia, a specially favoured and rewarded hierarchy which has produced moral apathy.

1987 Economist 30 May 72/2 These bureaucrats get their jobs under the nomenklatura or privilegentsia system, whereby Communist party members nominate their friends in return for kickbacks and privileged access to rationed goods.

1995 Europe–Asia Stud. 47 213 The leading politicians in Russia's Choice..were scions of the old priviligentsia.

2. In extended use: a class or group of any society regarded as enjoying or promoting privileged status.

ΚΠ

1981 Times Lit. Suppl. 6 Mar. 258/2 Diverse, often contradictory, interests represented, subsidized and intimidated by the priviligentsia of federal bureaucracy.

1987 Sunday Tel. 9 Aug. 20/1 When technology is expanding as fast as it..is now, freer markets bring gains to everybody except the conservative privilegentsia.

1999 Gazette (Montreal) (Nexis) 2 Oct. j3 I come..from the privilegentsia. It would be very, very odd if I had not succeeded, if I had not written a few books.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	priviligentsia
释义	priviligentsian. Brit. /ˌprɪv(ᵻ)lᵻˈdʒɛnsɪə/, U.S. /ˌprɪv(ə)ləˈdʒɛn(t)siə/ Forms: 1900s– privilegentsia, 1900s– priviligentsia. Also with capital initial. Origin: Formed within English, by blending. Etymons: privilege n., intelligentsia n. Etymology: Blend of privilege n. and intelligentsia n. 1. Politics. In the Soviet Union and other communist countries: a class of approved intellectuals and Party bureaucrats enjoying certain social and economic privileges over ordinary citizens; cf. nomenklatura n. 2, partocracy n. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > [noun] > middle class or bourgeoisie > specific lower middle class1831 haute bourgeoisie1888 priviligentsia1953 society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > communism > [noun] > adherent of > privileged class in communist state priviligentsia1953 new class1957 nomenklatura1975 1953 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald-Jrnl. 4 Sept. 2/2 Life [in Budapest] is undoubtedly hard for all but the best-paid workers and the usual ‘priviligentsia’. 1960 Guardian 1 Apr. 8/3 That group of people whom Professor Shapiro very aptly called the Communist priviligentsia. 1976 Times 22 Apr. 14/6 The bureaucracy has become the Privilegentsia, a specially favoured and rewarded hierarchy which has produced moral apathy. 1987 Economist 30 May 72/2 These bureaucrats get their jobs under the nomenklatura or privilegentsia system, whereby Communist party members nominate their friends in return for kickbacks and privileged access to rationed goods. 1995 Europe–Asia Stud. 47 213 The leading politicians in Russia's Choice..were scions of the old priviligentsia. 2. In extended use: a class or group of any society regarded as enjoying or promoting privileged status. ΚΠ 1981 Times Lit. Suppl. 6 Mar. 258/2 Diverse, often contradictory, interests represented, subsidized and intimidated by the priviligentsia of federal bureaucracy. 1987 Sunday Tel. 9 Aug. 20/1 When technology is expanding as fast as it..is now, freer markets bring gains to everybody except the conservative privilegentsia. 1999 Gazette (Montreal) (Nexis) 2 Oct. j3 I come..from the privilegentsia. It would be very, very odd if I had not succeeded, if I had not written a few books. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1953
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