intelligentsia

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and intelligentsia

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while intelligentsia is the intellectual élite of a society (especially in nineteenth-century Poland, in Russia and later the Soviet Union).

As nouns the difference between intelligentsia and intellectuals

is that intelligentsia is the intellectual of a society (especially in nineteenth-century poland, in russia and later the soviet union) while intellectuals is .

As nouns the difference between intelligentsia and intelligence

is that intelligentsia is the intellectual élite of a society (especially in nineteenth-century Poland, in Russia and later the Soviet Union) while intelligence is capacity of mind, especially to understand principles, truths, facts or meanings, acquire knowledge, and apply it to practice; the ability to learn and comprehend.