intelligentsia
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intelligentsia /ɪnˌtɛlɪˈdʒɛntsɪə/
▶noun [treated as sing. or pl.] intellectuals or highly educated people, regarded as possessing culture and political influence.
– origin early 20th cent.: from Russ. intelligentsiya, from Polish inteligencja, from L. intelligentia (see intelligence).
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