インテリ

noun

intellectual; educated person

Refers to a person with higher education or intellectual interests. Often carries a nuance of being bookish or somewhat detached from practical matters. Abbreviation of インテリゲンチャ.

See also: 知識人

• 彼かれはインテリだが、実じつ務むには弱よわい。

  He's an intellectual, but he's not good at practical work.

• あの人ひとはインテリぶって難むずかしい言こと葉ばばかり使つかう。

  That person acts like an intellectual and only uses difficult words.

noun

intelligentsia

Collective term for the educated class or intelligentsia. Less common than the individual sense; often seen in historical or sociological contexts. Abbreviation of インテリゲンチャ.

See also: インテリゲンチャ

• ロシア革かく命めいではインテリが重じゅう要ような役やく割わりを果はたした。

  The intelligentsia played an important role in the Russian Revolution.