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intelligentsia

Pronunciation: /ɪnˌtɛlɪˈdʒɛntsɪə/

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Definition of intelligentsia

noun

[treated as singular or plural] (usually the intelligentsia)

intellectuals or highly educated people as a group, especially when regarded as possessing culture and political influence: a distrust of the intelligentsia and of theoretical learning the belief that the liberal intelligentsia is ruining the country