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Noun Concept
Categories: Russian society, Science and technology in Russia, Social class in Poland, Science and technology in the Soviet Union, Intellectualism
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intelligentsia  clerisy  inteligencja  Inteligentsia  Intelligencia
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An educated and intellectual elite WordNet 3.0
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An educated and intellectual elite WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
The intelligentsia is a status class composed of the university-educated people of a society who engage in the complex mental labours by which they critique, shape, and lead in the politics, policies, and culture of their society; as such, the intelligentsia consists of scholars, academics, teachers, journalists, and literary writers. Wikipedia
Status class of educated people Wikidata
An elite group of intellectuals; learned people, the literati. Wiktionary