intelligentsia

noun
/ɪntɛlɪˈd͡ʒɛntsɪə/UK/ɪntɛləˈd͡ʒɛn(t)si.ə/US

Etymology

From Russian интеллиге́нция (intelligéncija) or Polish inteligencja, from Latin intellegentia (“intelligence”). Doublet of intelligence.

  1. derived from intellegentia
  2. borrowed from inteligencja

Definitions

  1. The intellectual elite of a society, particularly in Marxist doctrine.

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