Intelligentsia Definition

ĭn-tĕlə-jĕntsē-ə, -gĕnt-
noun
Those persons regarded as, or regarding themselves as, the educated and enlightened class; intellectuals collectively.
Webster's New World
The intellectual elite of a society.
American Heritage
Synonyms:

Origin of Intelligentsia

  • Russian intelligentsiya from Latin intelligentia intelligence from intelligēns intelligent- intelligent intelligent

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Russian интеллигенция (intelligéncija) or Polish inteligencja, from Latin intellegentia (“intelligence”).

    From Wiktionary

Intelligentsia Sentence Examples

  • He received kudos of approval from the intelligentsia.

  • That means creating a new technical intelligentsia capable of satisfying the needs of our industry.

  • Although the word remains unspeakable, the Western intelligentsia, conservatives and liberals alike, boldly echo the preferred euphemism, " civilization " .

  • History of Latvian Independence.-With the outbreak of the World War in 1914 a prospect of some kind of national existence opened out to the Lettish intelligentsia, whose antipathy to Germany did not imply a readiness to die for Russia.

  • Although the word remains unspeakable, the Western intelligentsia, conservatives and liberals alike, boldly echo the preferred euphemism, " civilization ".

More Sentences

Find Similar Words

Find similar words to intelligentsia using the buttons below.

Words Starting With

IININT

Words Ending With

AIASIA

Unscrambles

intelligentsia

Words Starting With I and Ending With A

Starts With I & Ends With AStarts With IN & Ends With AStarts With I & Ends With IA

Word Length

14 Letter Words14 Letter Words Starting With I14 Letter Words Ending With A