Intelligentsia
The intelligentsia is a status class composed of the university-educated people of a society who engage in the complex mental labours by which they critique, shape, and lead in the politics, policies, and culture of their society; as such, the intelligentsia consists of scholars, academics, teachers, journalists, and literary writers. == Origin of the term == Conceptually, the intelligentsia status class arose in the late 18th century, during the Partitions of Poland (1772–1795).