Genius vs Intelligentsia - What's the difference?
genius | intelligentsia |
(informal) ingenious, very clever, or original.
(eulogistic) Someone possessing extraordinary intelligence or skill; especially somebody who has demonstrated this by a creative or original work in science, music, art etc.
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Extraordinary mental capacity.
Inspiration, a mental leap, an extraordinary creative process.
(Roman mythology) The guardian spirit of a place or person.
A way of thinking, optimizing one's capacity for learning and understanding.
The intellectual of a society (especially in nineteenth-century Poland, in Russia and later the Soviet Union).
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As nouns the difference between genius and intelligentsia
is that genius is genius (extraordinary mental capacity) while intelligentsia is the intellectual of a society (especially in nineteenth-century poland, in russia and later the soviet union).genius
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(wikipedia genius)Adjective
(-)- What a genius idea!