intelligentsia (noun)

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• intelligentsia — ► NOUN (treated as sing. or pl. ) ▪ intellectuals or highly educated people, regarded as possessing culture and political influence …   English terms dictionary

• intelligentsia — noun the intelligentsia the people in a society who are most highly educated and who are most interested in new ideas and developments, especially in art, literature, or politics …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• intelligentsia — is a singular noun meaning ‘the class of intellectuals regarded as possessing culture and political initiative’. The form of the word is Russian, and it was originally applied disparagingly in pre revolutionary Russia. In a weakened sense, it… …   Modern English usage

• intelligentsia — noun Etymology: Russian intelligentsiya, from Latin intelligentia intelligence Date: 1907 intellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• intelligentsia — noun /ɪntɛlɪˈʤɛntsɪə,ɪntɛlɪˈɡɛntsɪə/ The intellectual élite of a society (especially in nineteenth century Poland, in Russia and later the Soviet Union). See Also: unintelligentsia …   Wiktionary

• intelligentsia — plural noun this antidemocratic system is supported by the political intelligentsia who call themselves democratic, even progressive Syn: intellectuals, intelligent people, academics, scholars, literati, cognoscenti, illuminati, highbrows,… …   Thesaurus of popular words

• intelligentsia — /ɪnˌtɛləˈdʒɛntsiə / (say in.teluh jentseeuh) plural noun a class or group of persons having or claiming special enlightenment in views or principles; the intellectuals: *Lorenzini s, a wine bar where the university writers made contact with the… …  

• intelligentsia, the — in|tel|li|gent|si|a, the [ ın,telı dʒentsiə ] noun the people in a society who are the best educated and the most interested in art, science, literature, etc. at an advanced level …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• intelligentsia — [ɪnˌtɛlɪ dʒɛntsɪə] noun [treated as sing. or plural] intellectuals or highly educated people, regarded as possessing culture and political influence. Origin early 20th cent.: from Russ. intelligentsiya, from Polish inteligencja, from L.… …   English new terms dictionary

• soy cap intelligentsia — noun (derogatory) a class or group of persons with a comfortable upper middle class income who espouse left wing views that have no real impact on their own lives. {from the supposed tendency, regarded as pretentious, of such people to drink soy… …  

• (the) intelligentsia — the intelligentsia UK [ɪnˌtelɪˈdʒentsiə] US noun the people in a society who are the best educated and the most interested in art, science, literature etc at an advanced level Thesaurus: educated people and expertssynonym degrees and other… …   Useful english dictionary