intelligentsia
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noun \in-ˌte-lə-ˈjen(t)-sē-ə, -ˈgen(t)-\Definition of INTELLIGENTSIA
: intellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite
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- <a presidential candidate who was the darling of the intelligentsia—and very few others>
Origin of INTELLIGENTSIA
Russian intelligentsiya, from Latin intelligentia intelligence
First Known Use: 1907
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