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Etymology
From the Russian intelligentsiya (earlier: Latin) or Polish inteligencja. From Latin intellegentia "intelligence".
Pronunciation
RP<sup>1</sup> IPA|/ɪnt�lɪ�ʤ�ntsɪ�/
RP<sup>2</sup> dated IPA|/ɪnt�lɪ�g�ntsɪ�/<ref name="OED-pron">The Oxford English Dictionary (2007).</ref>
Noun
inteligentsia
- The intellectual élite of a society (especially in pre-revolutionary Russia and nineteenth-century Poland).
Translations
trans-top|Intellectual élite
Finnish: intelligentsija, älymystö, intellektuellit
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Polish: inteligencja f
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