n. 25B6; plural noun INTELLECTUALS, intelligent people, academics, scholars, literati, cognoscenti, illuminati, highbrows, thinkers, brains; the intelligent; informal eggheads; Brit. informal boffins.
INTELLIGENTSIA
Meaning of INTELLIGENTSIA in English
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