intelligentsia
English
Etymology
From Russian интеллиге́нция (intelligéncija) or Polish inteligencja, from Latin intellegentia (“intelligence”). Doublet of intelligence.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪntɛlɪˈd͡ʒɛntsɪə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɪntɛləˈd͡ʒɛn(t)si.ə/, /ɪntɛləˈɡɛn(t)si.ə/[1]
- (Received Pronunciation, dated) IPA(key): /ɪntɛlɪˈɡɛntsɪə/[2]
Noun
intelligentsia (countable and uncountable, plural intelligentsias)
- (politics) The intellectual elite of a society, particularly in Marxist doctrine.
- 1941, George Orwell, The Lion and the Unicorn:
- It should be noted that there is now no intelligentsia that is not in some sense "Left". Perhaps the last right-wing intellectual was T. E. Lawrence. Since about 1930 everyone describable as an “intellectual” has lived in a state of chronic discontent with the existing order.
- 1941, George Orwell, The Lion and the Unicorn:
Related terms
Translations
intellectual élite
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References
- “intelligentsia”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- Oxford English Dictionary (2007)
Danish
Etymology
From Russian интеллиге́нция (intelligéncija), from Italian intellighenzia, from Latin intelligentia.
Noun
intelligentsia c (singular definite intelligentsiaen, plural indefinite intelligentsiaer)
Inflection
Declension of intelligentsia
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | intelligentsia | intelligentsiaen | intelligentsiaer | intelligentsiaerne |
| genitive | intelligentsias | intelligentsiaens | intelligentsiaers | intelligentsiaernes |
Synonyms
Finnish
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian интеллиге́нция (intelligéncija), from Italian intellighenzia, from Latin intelligentia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈintelːiɡentsiɑ/, [ˈin̪t̪e̞lːiˌɡe̞nts̠iɑ]
- Rhymes: -entsiɑ
- Syllabification(key): in‧tel‧li‧gent‧si‧a
Declension
| Inflection of intelligentsia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | intelligentsia | intelligentsiat | ||
| genitive | intelligentsian | intelligentsioiden intelligentsioitten | ||
| partitive | intelligentsiaa | intelligentsioita | ||
| illative | intelligentsiaan | intelligentsioihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | intelligentsia | intelligentsiat | ||
| accusative | nom. | intelligentsia | intelligentsiat | |
| gen. | intelligentsian | |||
| genitive | intelligentsian | intelligentsioiden intelligentsioitten intelligentsiainrare | ||
| partitive | intelligentsiaa | intelligentsioita | ||
| inessive | intelligentsiassa | intelligentsioissa | ||
| elative | intelligentsiasta | intelligentsioista | ||
| illative | intelligentsiaan | intelligentsioihin | ||
| adessive | intelligentsialla | intelligentsioilla | ||
| ablative | intelligentsialta | intelligentsioilta | ||
| allative | intelligentsialle | intelligentsioille | ||
| essive | intelligentsiana | intelligentsioina | ||
| translative | intelligentsiaksi | intelligentsioiksi | ||
| instructive | — | intelligentsioin | ||
| abessive | intelligentsiatta | intelligentsioitta | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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Synonyms
- älymystö (intellectuals as a group)
- (in East Europe): intelligentsija
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /in.te.li.ʒɛnt.sja/
Audio (file)
Further reading
- “intelligentsia”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Portuguese
Swedish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Russian интеллиге́нция (intelligéncija), from Latin intellegentia (“intelligence”).
Declension
| Declension of intelligentsia | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | intelligentsia | intelligentsian | — | — |
| Genitive | intelligentsias | intelligentsians | — | — |
References
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