intelligentsia

[ in-tel-i-jent-see-uh, -gent- ]

/ ɪnˌtɛl ɪˈdʒɛnt si ə, -ˈgɛnt- /

intellectuals considered as a group or class, especially as a cultural, social, or political elite.

Origin of intelligentsia

1905–10; < Russian intelligéntsia < Latin intelligentia intelligence

She certainly knows how to court the intelligentsia; they rhapsodize when anyone says, “On the one hand, but on the other hand.”

Here's How to Dig Out of This 'Stupid Sh*t' U.S. Foreign Policy |Leslie H. Gelb |August 13, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
In the morning, join the intelligentsia at Cafe Pamplona, a European-style coffeehouse, also by Harvard Square.

The U.S. Road Trips You Should Really Take |Lonely Planet |April 26, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The urban gentry and intelligentsia, though, disdained this voluntary migration.

The Triumph of Suburbia: Despite Downtown Hype, Americans Choose Sprawl |Joel Kotkin |April 29, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
The liberals and the intelligentsia in Pakistan have been impressive through these difficult days.

After Malala Yousafzai Shooting, Can Shock Therapy Free Pakistan? |Farahnaz Ispahani |October 12, 2012 |DAILY BEAST

Lev, the son of a Moscow intelligentsia family, was luckier than the fictional Ivan Denisovich.

‘Just Send Me Word’ by Orlando Figes: Life and Love in the Gulag |Owen Matthews |June 10, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
But the intelligentsia, by 1885, had been pretty well convinced.

The Antichrist |F. W. Nietzsche
Village structure distinguished between peasants, artisans, and intelligentsia.

Area Handbook for Bulgaria |Eugene K. Keefe, Violeta D. Baluyut, William Giloane, Anne K. Long, James M. Moore, and Neda A. Walpole
We both belong to what the Russians call the Intelligentsia.

The Research Magnificent |H. G. Wells
It is no wonder that the drama suddenly became so popular with the intelligentsia.

The London Mercury, Vol. I, Nos. 1-6, November 1919 to April 1920 |Various
In this way he saved a great many of the Dalmatian intelligentsia.

The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1 |Henry Baerlein

intelligentsia

/ (ɪnˌtɛlɪˈdʒɛntsɪə) /

the intelligentsia the educated or intellectual people in a society or community

C20: from Russian intelligentsiya, from Latin intellegentia intelligence

intelligentsia

[ (in-tel-uh-jent-see-uh) ]

Intellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite.