知ち識しき階かい級きゅう

noun

intellectual class; educated class; intelligentsia

Refers to the social stratum of highly educated people, often with cultural or political influence. Can be used in historical or modern contexts.

• 19世せい紀きのロシアでは、知ち識しき階かい級きゅうが社しゃ会かい改かい革かくを主しゅ導どうした。

  In 19th-century Russia, the intelligentsia led social reforms.

• 彼かれは知ち識しき階かい級きゅうの出しゅっ身しんで、幼おさない頃ころから多おおくの本ほんに囲かこまれて育そだった。

  He comes from an educated class and grew up surrounded by many books from an early age.