English Explanatory Dictionary

organic intellectual

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An intellectual member of a social class, as opposed to a member of the traditional intelligentsia that regards itself as a class apart from the rest of society.

Word forms

organic intellectual organic intellectuals

Etymology

Coined by the Italian Marxist Antonio Gramsci.

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