Users Also Read
Picture Dictionary
English to Afrikaans
English to Arabic
English to Bengali
English to Chinese
English to English
English to French
English to German
English to Gujarati
English to Hindi
English to Italian
English to Japanese
English to Kannada
English to Korean
English to Malayalam
English to Marathi
English to Nepali
English to Portuguese
English to Punjabi
English to Russian
English to Spanish
English to Swedish
English to Tamil
English to Telugu
English to Thai
English to Turkish
English to Urdu
Word | Intelligentsia |
an educated and intellectual elite / intellectuals; members of the educated elite [often used derogatorily] / intellectuals or highly educated people as a group, especially when regarded as possessing culture and political influence. / a group of intelligent and well-educated people who guide or try to guide the political, artistic, or social development of their society, | |
Usage | ⇒ People of intellingentsia are interested in culture and learning ⇒ She preferred discussions about sports and politics to the literary conversations of the intelligentsia. ⇒ a presidential candidate who was the darling of the intelligentsia—and very few others ⇒ They were followed by the intelligentsia and cultural élites. |
Synonyms | clerisy, intellectual, intellectuals, intelligence, class, egghead, elite, intelligentzia, literati, highbrow, ability, acumen, appreciation, aptitude, brain, brainpower, brains, capacity, category, cleverness, |
Antonyms | dummies, lowbrow, popular, uncultured, undemanding, |
|