intelligentsia

intelligentsia

noun

Definition of INTELLIGENTSIA

intellectuals considered as a social class <a presidential candidate who was the darling of the intelligentsia—and very few others>

Synonyms clerisy, literati

Related Words avant-garde, culturati; chosen, illuminati; best, choice, cream, elect, elite, fat, flower, pick, prime, upper crust

Near Antonyms booboisie