Is the term "intelligentsia" offensive? (user search)
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« on: November 07, 2014, 07:02:01 PM »
I think Europeans on average would be more conscious of its Soviet/Eastern Europe connotation - being mainly used in the phrase "Soviet intelligentsia". I wouldn't find it offensive, but assume you were being ironic and/or sarcastic if you used it in a debate with me,
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