intelligentsia

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

intelligentsia
    n 1: an educated and intellectual elite [syn: {intelligentsia},
         {clerisy}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

intelligentsia \intelligentsia\ n.
   an educated and intellectual[2] elite; intellectuals,
   collectively or considered as a class.
   [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]