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intelligentsia
intelligentsia
English
Noun
intelligentsia (countable and uncountable, plural intelligentsias)
- The intellectual élite of a society (especially in nineteenth-century Poland, in Russia and later the Soviet Union).
Related terms
Translations
intellectual élite
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References
- ↑ Oxford English Dictionary (2007)
Danish
Etymology
From Russian интеллиге́нция (intelligéncija), from Italian intellighenzia, from Latin intelligentia.
Noun
intelligentsia c (singular definite intelligentsiaen, plural indefinite intelligentsiaer)
Inflection
Inflection of intelligentsia
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | intelligentsia | intelligentsiaen | intelligentsiaer | intelligentsiaerne |
| genitive | intelligentsias | intelligentsiaens | intelligentsiaers | intelligentsiaernes |
Synonyms
Finnish
Noun
intelligentsia
Declension
| Inflection of intelligentsia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | intelligentsia | intelligentsiat | |
| genitive | intelligentsian | intelligentsioiden intelligentsioitten |
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| partitive | intelligentsiaa | intelligentsioita | |
| illative | intelligentsiaan | intelligentsioihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | intelligentsia | intelligentsiat | |
| accusative | nom. | intelligentsia | intelligentsiat |
| gen. | intelligentsian | ||
| genitive | intelligentsian | intelligentsioiden intelligentsioitten intelligentsiainrare |
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| partitive | intelligentsiaa | intelligentsioita | |
| inessive | intelligentsiassa | intelligentsioissa | |
| elative | intelligentsiasta | intelligentsioista | |
| illative | intelligentsiaan | intelligentsioihin | |
| adessive | intelligentsialla | intelligentsioilla | |
| ablative | intelligentsialta | intelligentsioilta | |
| allative | intelligentsialle | intelligentsioille | |
| essive | intelligentsiana | intelligentsioina | |
| translative | intelligentsiaksi | intelligentsioiksi | |
| instructive | — | intelligentsioin | |
| abessive | intelligentsiatta | intelligentsioitta | |
| comitative | — | intelligentsioineen | |
Synonyms
- älymystö (intellectuals as a group)
- (in East Europe): intelligentsija