noun
intelligentsia
Intelligentsia (noun) means the intellectual elite of a society, particularly in Marxist doctrine.
noun
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The intellectual elite of a society, particularly in Marxist doctrine.
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Etymology
From Russian интеллиге́нция (intelligéncija) or Polish inteligencja, from Latin intellegentia (“intelligence”). Doublet of intelligence.
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"intelligentsia" (noun) means the intellectual elite of a society, particularly in Marxist doctrine.