the intelligentsianoun [ S, + sing/pl verb ]
uk/ɪnˌtel.ɪˈdʒent.si.ə/us/ɪnˌtel.əˈdʒent.si.ə/very educated people in a society, especially those interested in the arts and in politics
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Intelligent people
- academic
- bluestocking
- bookish
- bookworm
- brain
- bright spark
- clever
- gnome
- intellect
- intellectual
- laureate
- mage
- not be just a pretty face idiom
- pretty
- sage
- scholar
- smart cookie
- smart-arse
- wit
- wonk
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