intelligentsia

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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From Russian интеллиге́нция (intelligéncija) or Polish inteligencja, from Latin intellegentia (“intelligence”). Doublet of intelligence.

It is science that makes the difference between our intellectual outlook and that of the Chinese intelligentsia. — The Problem of China, Bertrand Russell
Many members of the Calcutta intelligentsia are among his followers.” I inwardly resolved not to add myself to their number. — Autobiography of a Yogi, Paramahansa Yogananda
With firm conviction he said that crimes such as murder, theft, and adultery are decreasing, and have nearly disappeared among the intelligentsia, teachers, doctors, and authors. — Reminiscences of Anton Chekhov, Maksim Gorky

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