How to pronounce intelligentsia
American English pronunciation
in-tel-ih-JENT-see-uh
- IPA
- /ɪnˌtɛlɪˈdʒɛntsi.ə/
- Syllables
- in · tel · ih · JENT · see · uh (6 syllables, stress on the 4th)
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What intelligentsia means
The writers, thinkers and scholars of a land, as a group
In a sentence: The city's intelligentsia gathered in cafes to argue about new books.
Where it comes from: It came into English from Russian or Polish, from a Latin word meaning "understanding."
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