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intelligentsia

noun

/ɪnˌtɛl.ɪˈdʒɛntsi.ə/

Meaning

The group of people engaged in intellectual and cultural pursuits in a society.

The intelligentsia played a key role in shaping public opinion.

elite, thinkers, academics, scholars, literati

masses, commoners

Russian intelligentsia, political intelligentsia, cultural intelligentsia, urban intelligentsia

The action of establishing connections and relationships, especially for career or business purposes...

The action or process of differentiating or distinguishing between two or more things or people.

a fraudulent or ignorant pretender to medical skill; a charlatan

the hard outer covering of a mollusk or a crustacean, or something similar

a serious break in a relationship; a split or crack

The ability to see, hear, or become aware of something through the senses; the way in which somethin...