different between intelligentsia vs literati

English

Etymology

From Russian ?????????????? (intelligéncija) or Polish inteligencja, from Latin intellegentia (“intelligence”). Doublet of intelligence.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?nt?l??d???nts??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?nt?l??d??n(t)si.?/, /?nt?l????n(t)si.?/
• (Received Pronunciation, dated) IPA^(key): /?nt?l????nts??/

Noun

intelligentsia (countable and uncountable, plural intelligentsias)

1. (politics) The intellectual élite of a society (especially in nineteenth-century Poland, in Russia and later the Soviet Union).

Related terms

• unintelligentsia

Translations

References

Danish

Etymology

From Russian ?????????????? (intelligéncija), from Italian intellighenzia, from Latin intelligentia.

Noun

intelligentsia c (singular definite intelligentsiaen, plural indefinite intelligentsiaer)

1. intelligentsia

Inflection

Synonyms

• intelligens c

Finnish

Noun

intelligentsia

1. intelligentsia

Declension

Synonyms

• älymystö (intellectuals as a group)
• (in East Europe): intelligentsija

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /in.t?.li.??n.tsja/

Noun

intelligentsia f (plural intelligentsias)

1. intelligentsia

Portuguese

Noun

intelligentsia f (plural intelligentsias)

1. intelligentsia (intellectual élite)

English

Etymology

From the plural of Latin litter?tus (“lettered, literate”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?l?t.?????.ti?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?l?t????ti/

Noun

literati pl (plural only) (singular literatus or literato)

1. Well-educated, literary people; intellectuals who are interested in literature.

Antonyms

• illiterati

Derived terms

Translations

Latin

Adjective

liter?t?

1. nominative masculine plural of liter?tus
2. genitive masculine singular of liter?tus
3. genitive neuter singular of liter?tus
4. vocative masculine plural of liter?tus