知識階級(ちしきかいきゅう)

ちしきかいきゅう
noun
intelligentsia; intellectual class
societyeducation
1. intelligentsia; intellectual class
The social stratum composed of educated people engaged in intellectual or cultural work, such as academics, writers, and thinkers. May carry a slightly elitist connotation.
知識階級(ちしきかいきゅう)の人々(ひとびと)が議論(ぎろん)を交(か)わす。
People from the intellectual class exchange arguments.
明治時代(めいじじだい)には知識階級(ちしきかいきゅう)の台頭(たいとう)が著(いちじる)しかった。
In the Meiji era, the rise of the intellectual class was notable.
その小説(しょうせつ)は、知識階級(ちしきかいきゅう)と一般市民(いっぱんしみん)の間(あいだ)に生(しょう)じる溝(みぞ)を描(えが)いている。
That novel depicts the gap that arises between the intellectual class and ordinary citizens.

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Similar words

  • 知識人(ちしきじん): intellectual (individual), person of learning
  • インテリ: intellectual (loanword from Russian via French, slightly informal)

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