intelligentsia vs tier

intelligentsia

noun
  • The intellectual elite of a society, particularly in Marxist doctrine. 

tier

noun
  • One who ties (knots, etc). 

  • Something that ties. 

  • A layer or rank, especially of seats or a wedding cake. 

verb
  • To arrange in layers. 

  • To move (data) from one storage medium to another as an optimization, based on how frequently it is accessed. 

  • To cascade in an overlapping sequence. 

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