Intelligentsia? Re: Adopting a plural

> Languages Dept. of the university where I work.
> On the reverse formation, Annie Dillard has a bright teenager coining
> "intelligentsium"
> (as singular from intelligentsia) as a term for herself, presumably the
only
> intelligent person in her community.
 doesn't _intelligentsia_ or _intelligetsa_ (guessing at the spelling) come
from Russian? *curious*

 -Rodlox, wishing I remembered that S.J.Gould article better.

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