International Dictionary of Adult and Continuing Education
1. A member of a social stratum to which society has ascribed the dominant role of providing it with the solutions to its problems, explications of its dominant world-view, ideology, etc. 2.
One who is employed in an occupation usually considered to be intellectual. 3. One who is learned and has the ability to think critically. Intellectuals should be seen as separate from the knowledge class, which is orientated to the fact that an increasing number of jobs might be regarded as knowledge-based occupations.
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