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intelligentsia::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | clerisy |
| Type of | elite, elite group |
| Has types | culturati, literati |
Examples of intelligentsia
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Even among the board game intelligentsia, this kind of data can be a rare topic.
From the forbes.com
It's gaining adherents among the European intelligentsia and in the Arab world.
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He has support among the intelligentsia and from the influential Georgian church.
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Has the Russian intelligentsia lost its social force or its intellectual power?
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Lenin and Stalin wiped out the old Russian intelligentsia as a political force.
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So he rejected the growing spirit of atheism among the intelligentsia of his day.
From the blogs.psychcentral.com
Among Sarajevo's intelligentsia, Lord Ashdown's heavy-handedness was unpopular.
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Before 1945, it was a famous destination for German artists and intelligentsia.
From the en.wikipedia.org
This helped consolidate his position as a leader in the eyes of intelligentsia.
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- An educated and intellectual elite
- The intelligentsia (Latin: intellegentia, Polish: inteligencja, Russian: u0438u043Du0442u0435u043Bu043Bu0438u0433u0435u043Du0446u0438u044F; IPA:u00A0) is a social class of people engaged in complex mental labor aimed at guiding or critiquing, or otherwise playing a leadership role in shaping a society's culture and politics...
- The Intelligencia is a name of a fictional supervillain team that appears as an antagonist in the Hulk comic books published by Marvel Comics. The team first appeared in Fall of the Hulks: Alpha (December 2009).
- Intellectuals constituting the cultural, academic, social, and political elite.
- This term is used to describe the scientific, literary, artistic and other intellectual members of society. It is of Russian revolutionary origin, separating this group from the middle class (merchants, tradesmen, bankers, lawyers etc.) and the workers and peasants.
- [in teli jent sEE uh, -gent-] Russian term denoting articulate intellectuals as a class; 19th century group bent on radical change in Russian political and social system; often wished to maintain a Russian culture distinct from that of the West. (p. 815)
- Intellectuals, usually referring to professionals such as writers, lawyers, doctors, engineers, professors, scientists. The intelligentsia is a middle stratum between the bourgeoisie and proletariat. ...
