intelligentsia
noun(usually the intelligentsia)
[singular + singular or plural verb]the people in a country or society who are well educated and are interested in culture, politics, literature, etc. 知识界；知识阶层 Word Originearly 20th cent.: from Russian intelligentsiya, from Polish inteligencja, from Latin intelligentia, from intelligere ‘understand’, from inter ‘between’ + legere ‘choose’.