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priviligentsia, n. Pol.|ˌprɪvɪlɪˈdʒɛntsɪə|
Also privilegentsia.
[Blend of privilege n. and intelligentsia n.]
In Communist states, a class of intellectuals and party bureaucrats enjoying certain social and economic privileges over ordinary citizens (see *nomenklatura n.); hence more widely, a class of any society regarded as enjoying or promoting privileged status.
1960Guardian 1 Apr. 8/3 That group of people whom Professor Shapiro very aptly called the Communist priviligentsia. Ibid. 8/5 The sudden rebellion of the Hungarian priviligentsia at the end of 1954. 1981Times Lit. Suppl. 6 Mar. 258/2 Diverse, often contradictory, interests represented, subsidized and intimidated by the priviligentsia of federal bureaucracy. 1985Daily Tel. 28 Jan. 16/1 An unholy alliance of Labour ‘egalitarians’ and the Tory ‘priviligentsia’. 1987Economist 30 May 72/2 These bureaucrats get their jobs under the nomenklatura or privilegentsia system, whereby Communist party members nominate their friends in return for kickbacks and privileged access to rationed goods. 1987Sunday Tel. 9 Aug. 20/1 When technology is expanding as fast as it..is now, freer markets bring gains to everybody except the conservative privilegentsia. |