intelligentsia (redirected from intelligentsias)

in·tel·li·gent·si·a  (n-tl-jnts-, -gnt-)

n.

The intellectual elite of a society.

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[Russian intelligentsiya, from Latin intelligentia, intelligence, from intelligns, intelligent-, intelligent; see intelligent.]

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intelligentsia [ɪnˌtɛlɪˈdʒɛntsɪə]

n

(Sociology) (usually preceded by the) the educated or intellectual people in a society or community

[from Russian intelligentsiya, from Latin intellegentia intelligence]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

intelligentsia - an educated and intellectual elite clerisy elite, elite group - a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status culturati - people interested in culture and cultural activities literati - the literary intelligentsia

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intelligentsia

noun intellectuals, highbrows, literati, masterminds, the learned, eggheads (informal), illuminati I was not high enough up in the intelligentsia to be invited.

Translations

intelligentsia [ɪnˌtelɪˈdʒentsɪə] N → intelectualidad f

intelligentsia [ɪnˌtɛlɪˈdʒɛntsiə] n
the intelligentsia → l'intelligentsia

intelligentsia

n → Intelligenz f, → Intelligenzija f

intelligentsia [ɪnˌtɛlɪˈdʒɛntsɪə] n → intellighenzia

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intelligentsia [ɪnˌtɛlɪˈdʒɛntsɪə] n → intellighenzia