From the beginning of the Perestroika, many starry-eyed members of the intelligentsia believed that from now on, everything with us would be "like in the West".
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Intelligentsia
/ɪntɛlɪˈd͡ʒɛntsɪə/
Synonyms for "intelligentsia" (9 found)
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Noun(2 words)
clerisycultural elite
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5 entriesacademic intelligentsiacultural intelligentsiapolitical intelligentsiathe intelligentsiaurban intelligentsia
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1 entriesintelligentsia member
Sample sentences
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The intelligentsia is the elite of society.
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The urban intelligentsia willingly spent its time playing chess.
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The social movement took in the entire intelligentsia.
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