Also found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus. intelligentsia a SOCIAL STRATUM of INTELLECTUALS with a self-appointed responsibility for guiding the future welfare and development of the nation. The term is of mid-19th-century Polish and Russian origin, and is like CASTE in that some sociologists consider...
Today the bright red door bangs merrily on squeeky hinges wishing customers a blessed day, while the penants snap briskly in the virtually non-existant wind as though they were crowning a 15 meter racing yacht heeled over into the wind. In short, it is today not yesterday, and Fair...