different between unintelligentsia vs intelligentsia

English

Etymology

Blend of unintelligent +? intelligentsia

Noun

unintelligentsia (uncountable)

1. (informal, derogatory) The unintelligent members of a society or community; the unthinking mob.

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)