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[ in-tel-i-jent-see-uh, -gent- ] / ɪnˌtɛl ɪˈdʒɛnt si ə, -ˈgɛnt- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR intelligentsia ON THESAURUS.COM
plural nounintellectuals considered as a group or class, especially as a cultural, social, or political elite. Origin of intelligentsia1905–10; <Russian intelligéntsia<Latin intelligentiaintelligence Words nearby intelligentsiaintelligent, intelligent card, intelligent design, intelligential, intelligent knowledge-based system, intelligentsia, intelligent terminal, intelligibility, intelligible, Intelsat, intemerate Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for intelligentsiaShe certainly knows how to court the intelligentsia; they rhapsodize when anyone says, “On the one hand, but on the other hand.” Here's How to Dig Out of This 'Stupid Sh*t' U.S. Foreign Policy|Leslie H. Gelb|August 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST In the morning, join the intelligentsia at Cafe Pamplona, a European-style coffeehouse, also by Harvard Square. The U.S. Road Trips You Should Really Take|Lonely Planet|April 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST The urban gentry and intelligentsia, though, disdained this voluntary migration. The Triumph of Suburbia: Despite Downtown Hype, Americans Choose Sprawl|Joel Kotkin|April 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST The liberals and the intelligentsia in Pakistan have been impressive through these difficult days. After Malala Yousafzai Shooting, Can Shock Therapy Free Pakistan?|Farahnaz Ispahani|October 12, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Lev, the son of a Moscow intelligentsia family, was luckier than the fictional Ivan Denisovich. ‘Just Send Me Word’ by Orlando Figes: Life and Love in the Gulag|Owen Matthews|June 10, 2012|DAILY BEAST But the intelligentsia, by 1885, had been pretty well convinced. The Antichrist|F. W. Nietzsche Village structure distinguished between peasants, artisans, and intelligentsia. Area Handbook for Bulgaria|Eugene K. Keefe, Violeta D. Baluyut, William Giloane, Anne K. Long, James M. Moore, and Neda A. Walpole We both belong to what the Russians call the Intelligentsia. The Research Magnificent|H. G. Wells It is no wonder that the drama suddenly became so popular with the intelligentsia. The London Mercury, Vol. I, Nos. 1-6, November 1919 to April 1920|Various In this way he saved a great many of the Dalmatian intelligentsia. The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1|Henry Baerlein
British Dictionary definitions for intelligentsia
nounthe intelligentsia the educated or intellectual people in a society or community Word Origin for intelligentsiaC20: from Russian intelligentsiya, from Latin intellegentia intelligence Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to intelligentsiascholar, pundit, doctor, philosopher, academic, academician, thinker, league, family, degree, grade, company, club, place, position, circle, brain, wizard, sage, egghead Cultural definitions for intelligentsia[ (in-tel-uh-jent-see-uh) ]
Intellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |