🎓intelligentsia

noun
/ɪnˌtɛl.ɪˈdʒɛntsi.ə/

Meaning

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

Example Sentences

The intelligentsia played a key role in shaping public opinion.

Synonyms

elite, thinkers, academics, scholars, literati

Antonyms

masses, commoners

Collocations

Russian intelligentsia, political intelligentsia, cultural intelligentsia, urban intelligentsia

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