Intelligentsia

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  intelligentsia \intelligentsia\ n.
     an educated and intellectual[2] elite; intellectuals,
     collectively or considered as a class.
     [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  intelligentsia
       n : an educated and intellectual elite [syn: {clerisy}]