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" (2 found)
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68 translations across 47 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- inteligjencie noun (intellectual elite)
Arabic
3 entries- أَنْتِلِيجِنْسْيَا noun (intellectual elite)
- أَنْتِلِيجِنْسْيَا noun (intellectual elite)
- أَهْل اَلْفَكْر noun (intellectual elite)
Armenian
2 entries- ինտելիգենցիա noun (intellectual elite)
- մտավորականություն noun (intellectual elite)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- intelligensiya noun (intellectual elite)
- ziyalılar noun (intellectual elite)
Belarusian
1 entries- інтэліге́нцыя noun (intellectual elite)
Bulgarian
1 entries- интелиге́нция noun (intellectual elite)
Catalan
1 entries- intel·liguèntsia noun (intellectual elite)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 知識分子 /知识分子 noun (intellectual elite)
- 知識界 /知识界 noun (intellectual elite)
Czech
1 entries- inteligence noun (intellectual elite)
Danish
1 entries- intelligentsia noun (intellectual elite)
Dutch
1 entries- intelligentsia noun (intellectual elite)
Estonian
3 entries- haritlaskond noun (intellectual elite)
- intelligents noun (intellectual elite)
- maa sool noun (intellectual elite)
Finnish
3 entries- intelligentsia noun (intellectual elite)
- sivistyneistö noun (intellectual elite)
- älymystö noun (intellectual elite)
French
1 entries- intelligentsia noun (intellectual elite)
Georgian
1 entries- ინტელიგენცია noun (intellectual elite)
German
2 entries- Intelligenz noun (intellectual elite)
- Intelligenzija noun (intellectual elite)
Greek
1 entries- ιντελιγκέντσια noun (intellectual elite)
Hindi
1 entries- प्रबुद्ध लोग noun (intellectual elite)
Hungarian
1 entries- értelmiség noun (intellectual elite)
Italian
1 entries- intellighenzia noun (intellectual elite)
Japanese
3 entries- インテリ noun (intellectual elite)
- インテリゲンチア noun (intellectual elite)
- インテリゲンチャ noun (intellectual elite)
Kazakh
2 entries- зиялылар noun (intellectual elite)
- интеллигенция noun (intellectual elite)
Korean
1 entries- 인텔리겐치아 noun (intellectual elite)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- зыялылар noun (intellectual elite)
- интеллигенция noun (intellectual elite)
Latvian
1 entries- inteliģence noun (intellectual elite)
Lithuanian
1 entries- inteligentija noun (intellectual elite)
Macedonian
1 entries- интелигенција noun (intellectual elite)
Mongolian
1 entries- сэхээтэн noun (intellectual elite)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- intelligentsia noun (intellectual elite)
Persian
2 entries- اینتلیجنتسیا noun (intellectual elite)
- روشنفکران noun (intellectual elite)
Polish
1 entries- inteligencja noun (intellectual elite)
Portuguese
1 entries- intelligentsia noun (intellectual elite)
Romanian
1 entries- intelectualitate noun (intellectual elite)
Russian
1 entries- интеллиге́нция noun (intellectual elite)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- inteligèncija noun (intellectual elite)
- интелигѐнција noun (intellectual elite)
Slovak
1 entries- inteligencia noun (intellectual elite)
Slovene
1 entries- inteligenca noun (intellectual elite)
Spanish
2 entries- inteligencia noun (intellectual elite)
- intelligentsia (inteliguentsia) noun (intellectual elite)
Swedish
1 entries- intelligentia noun (intellectual elite)
Tagalog
1 entries- santalinuhan noun (intellectual elite)
Tajik
2 entries- зиёиён noun (intellectual elite)
- интеллигенция noun (intellectual elite)
Tatar
2 entries- зыялылар noun (intellectual elite)
- интеллигенция noun (intellectual elite)
Turkish
2 entries- aydınlar noun (intellectual elite)
- entelijansiya noun (intellectual elite)
Turkmen
1 entries- intelligensiýa noun (intellectual elite)
Ukrainian
1 entries- інтеліге́нція noun (intellectual elite)
Uzbek
2 entries- intelligensiya noun (intellectual elite)
- ziyolilar noun (intellectual elite)
Vietnamese
1 entries- giới trí thức noun (intellectual elite)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
The intelligentsia is the elite of society.
Source: tatoeba (10704186)
The urban intelligentsia willingly spent its time playing chess.
Source: tatoeba (10704189)
The social movement took in the entire intelligentsia.
Source: tatoeba (10725642)
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