intellectual elite
collocation in Englishmeaningsofintellectualandelite
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intellectual
adjective
uk/ˌɪn.təlˈek.tʃu.əl/us/ˌɪn.t̬əlˈek.tʃu.əl/
relating to your ability to think and understand things, especially ...
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elite
noun[C, + sing/pl verb]
uk/iˈliːt/us/iˈliːt/
the richest, most powerful, best-educated, or best-trained group in ...
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(Definition ofintellectualandelitefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Finally, leadership within an ideology is typically in the hands of anintellectualelite.
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Rather, the same connotations were already familiar to the social andintellectualeliteof the classical antiquity.
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Entrepreneurship must be accessible and attractive to theintellectualeliteto reduce the financial attractions of politics.
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It is significant that the dispute took place within the bounds of theintellectualelite, in the yeshivah.
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This idea was opposed by theintellectualelite, however, including those who advocated the establishment of the library.
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The first was widespread among theintellectualeliteand greatly qualified the role of patriotism in sustaining a higher ideal of citizenship.
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By the sixteenth century, the limits of theintellectualelitehad been breached and the criticism of appealing to the masses is somewhat anachronistic.
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The old sociological elite, selected according to criteria such as class, rank and property, should be replaced with a democratically selected 'intellectualelite'.
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Theintellectualelitewas divided.
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When they talk of preserving grammar schools, they are concerned with producing anintellectualelite—the triumph of the meritocracy.
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The distance which theintellectualeliteset between themselves and those whose tastes and beliefs they attempted to mould and shape continued in evidence as the twentieth century advanced.
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If these trends at first remained the spiritual property of a smallintellectualelite, from the 19th century on they were adhered to by ever larger groups in the society.
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The public is tired of being bullied by anintellectualelite.
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The political factor also played its part, especially regarding the localintellectualelite.
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Theintellectualeliteof the early modern period functioned within a prestige-conscious society.
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Benoist argues that heredity is dominant in forming anintellectualelite.
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But the young priest is already incorporated into theintellectualeliteof the epoch.
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The closed nature of the group frustrated many members of the smallintellectualelite.
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Villena was a strong believer in poetrys necessary role in creating theintellectualelite.
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It was anintellectualelitewhich included figurative artists, musicians, philosophers and writers.
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Given its format, which includes long essays and articles, the journal tends to cater to anintellectualelite.
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Astrology was then considered a subject worthy of study by theintellectualeliteand was taken reasonably seriously.
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Many members of theintellectualelite, also remembered for their work as poets or philosophers, served as scholar-officials.
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Our aim must be to challenge all the barriers that inhibit access to higher education and to create anintellectualelite, who have access to higher education through their ability.
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