intelligentsia

English Thesaurus

1. an educated and intellectual elite (noun.group)

hypernym	:	elite, elite group,
definition	:	a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status (noun.group)

hyponym	:	culturati,
definition	:	people interested in culture and cultural activities (noun.group)

hyponym	:	literati,
definition	:	the literary intelligentsia (noun.group)