Library / English Dictionary

INTELLIGENTSIA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An educated and intellectual elite

Synonyms:

clerisy; intelligentsia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("intelligentsia" is a kind of...):

elite; elite group (a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "intelligentsia"):

culturati (people interested in culture and cultural activities)

literati (the literary intelligentsia)

Credits