intelligentsia, the

intelligentsia, the
in|tel|li|gent|si|a, the [ ın,telı`dʒentsiə ] noun
the people in a society who are the best educated and the most interested in art, science, literature, etc. at an advanced level

Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.

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