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Please, suggest any single word that can define the meaning of this following phrase:

Group of intelligent people.

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  • Welcome to ELU. For single-word-requests we require an example sentence showing where the word will fit. For this question I think it is pretty obvious, but I suggest you edit the question to include this anyway.
    – AndyT
    Commented Jan 27, 2016 at 11:38
  • The illuminati. The mystagogues. The help.
    – Ricky
    Commented Jan 27, 2016 at 11:59

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intelligentsia

The intellectual elite of a society.

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Intellectuals fit your description.

Upper crust

The highest social class or group.

Elite

elite group - a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status

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    I think you should edit your here and post it up again. You could just say "it isn't an imperative, but it's a use of "anadiplodocus" or whatever it was :)
    – Araucaria - Him
    Commented Jan 30, 2016 at 13:12
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Consider Geniuses:

A person having an exceptional natural capacity of intellect, especially as shown in creative and original work in science, art, music, etc.

A person having an extraordinarily high intelligence rating on a psychological test, as an IQ above 140

or possibly Boffins:

A scientist or technical expert

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