"intelligentsia" meaning in English

See intelligentsia in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ɪntɛlɪˈd͡ʒɛntsɪə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɪntɛləˈd͡ʒɛn(t)si.ə/ [General-American], /ɪntɛləˈɡɛn(t)si.ə/ [General-American], /ɪntɛlɪˈɡɛntsɪə/ [Received-Pronunciation, dated] Forms: intelligentsias [plural]
Etymology: From Russian интеллиге́нция (intelligéncija) or Polish inteligencja, from Latin intellegentia (“intelligence”). Doublet of intelligence. Etymology templates: {{der|en|ru|интеллиге́нция}} Russian интеллиге́нция (intelligéncija), {{der|en|pl|inteligencja}} Polish inteligencja, {{der|en|la|intellegentia||intelligence}} Latin intellegentia (“intelligence”), {{doublet|en|intelligence}} Doublet of intelligence Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} intelligentsia (countable and uncountable, plural intelligentsias)
  1. (politics) The intellectual elite of a society, particularly in Marxist doctrine. Wikipedia link: intelligentsia Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Collectives, Marxism, Politics Categories (place): Soviet Union Related terms: unintelligentsia Translations (intellectual elite): inteligjencie [feminine] (Albanian), أَنْتِلِيجِنْسْيَا (ʔantilijinsyā) [feminine] (Arabic), أَنْتِلِيجِنْسْيَا (ʔantiliginsyā) [feminine] (Arabic), أَهْل اَلْفَكْر (ʔahl al-fakr) [masculine] (Arabic), մտավորականություն (mtavorakanutʻyun) (Armenian), ինտելիգենցիա (inteligencʻia) [dated] (Armenian), ziyalılar [plural] (Azerbaijani), intelligensiya (Azerbaijani), інтэліге́нцыя (intelihjéncyja) [feminine] (Belarusian), интелиге́нция (inteligéncija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), intel·liguèntsia [feminine] (Catalan), 知識分子 (Chinese Mandarin), 知识分子 (zhīshi fènzǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 知識界 (Chinese Mandarin), 知识界 (zhīshíjiè, zhīshìjiè) (Chinese Mandarin), inteligence [feminine] (Czech), intelligentsia [common-gender] (Danish), intelligentsia [feminine] (Dutch), haritlaskond (Estonian), intelligents (Estonian), maa sool (Estonian), älymystö (Finnish), intelligentsia (Finnish), sivistyneistö (Finnish), intelligentsia [feminine] (French), ინტელიგენცია (inṭeligencia) (Georgian), Intelligenz [feminine] (German), Intelligenzija [feminine] (German), ιντελιγκέντσια (inteligkéntsia) [feminine] (Greek), प्रबुद्ध लोग (prabuddh log) [plural] (Hindi), értelmiség (Hungarian), intellighenzia (Italian), インテリ (interi) (Japanese), インテリゲンチャ (interigencha) (Japanese), インテリゲンチア (interigenchia) (Japanese), зиялылар (ziälylar) [plural] (Kazakh), интеллигенция (intelligensiä) (Kazakh), 인텔리겐치아 (intelligenchia) (Korean), интеллигенция (intelligentsiya) (Kyrgyz), зыялылар (zıyalılar) [plural] (Kyrgyz), inteliģence [feminine] (Latvian), inteligentija [feminine] (Lithuanian), интелигенција (inteligencija) [feminine] (Macedonian), сэхээтэн (sexeeten) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), intelligentsia [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), اینتلیجنتسیا (intelijentsiyâ) (Persian), روشنفکران (rowšanfekrân) [plural] (Persian), inteligencja [feminine] (Polish), intelligentsia [feminine] (Portuguese), intelectualitate [feminine] (Romanian), интеллиге́нция (intelligéncija) [feminine] (Russian), интелигѐнција [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), inteligèncija [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), inteligencia [feminine] (Slovak), inteligenca [feminine] (Slovene), intelligentsia (inteliguentsia) [feminine] (Spanish), inteligencia [feminine] (Spanish), intelligentia [common-gender] (Swedish), santalinuhan (Tagalog), зиёиён (ziyoyiyon) (Tajik), интеллигенция (intelligentsiya) (Tajik), зыялылар (zıyalılar) [plural] (Tatar), интеллигенция (intelligentsiyä) (Tatar), entelijansiya (Turkish), aydınlar [plural] (Turkish), intelligensiýa (Turkmen), інтеліге́нція (intelihéncija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), intelligensiya (Uzbek), ziyolilar (Uzbek), giới trí thức (Vietnamese)
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          "sense": "intellectual elite",
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          "code": "vi",
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          "sense": "intellectual elite",
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      "sense": "intellectual elite",
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      "word": "ziyalılar"
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      "word": "intelligensiya"
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      "word": "知識分子"
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      "sense": "intellectual elite",
      "word": "知识界"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "intellectual elite",
      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "intellectual elite",
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      "sense": "intellectual elite",
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      "sense": "intellectual elite",
      "word": "ინტელიგენცია"
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      "sense": "intellectual elite",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Intelligenz"
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      "code": "de",
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      "word": "Intelligenzija"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "ιντελιγκέντσια"
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      "word": "intellighenzia"
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      "word": "сэхээтэн"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "intellectual elite",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "intelligentsia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "intelijentsiyâ",
      "sense": "intellectual elite",
      "word": "اینتلیجنتسیا"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "rowšanfekrân",
      "sense": "intellectual elite",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "روشنفکران"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "intellectual elite",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "inteligencja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "intellectual elite",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "intelligentsia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "intellectual elite",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "intelectualitate"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "intelligéncija",
      "sense": "intellectual elite",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "интеллиге́нция"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "intellectual elite",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "интелигѐнција"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "intellectual elite",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "inteligèncija"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "intellectual elite",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "inteligencia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "intellectual elite",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "inteligenca"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "intellectual elite",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "intelligentsia (inteliguentsia)"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "intellectual elite",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "inteligencia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "intellectual elite",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "intelligentia"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "intellectual elite",
      "word": "santalinuhan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "ziyoyiyon",
      "sense": "intellectual elite",
      "word": "зиёиён"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "intelligentsiya",
      "sense": "intellectual elite",
      "word": "интеллигенция"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "zıyalılar",
      "sense": "intellectual elite",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "зыялылар"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "intelligentsiyä",
      "sense": "intellectual elite",
      "word": "интеллигенция"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "intellectual elite",
      "word": "entelijansiya"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "intellectual elite",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "aydınlar"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "intellectual elite",
      "word": "intelligensiýa"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "intelihéncija",
      "sense": "intellectual elite",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "інтеліге́нція"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "intellectual elite",
      "word": "intelligensiya"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "intellectual elite",
      "word": "ziyolilar"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "intellectual elite",
      "word": "giới trí thức"
    }
  ],
  "word": "intelligentsia"
}

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