インテリ

(abbr.) egghead, intelligentsia

Also:intelligentsia

What does インテリ mean?

インテリ is a Japanese noun meaning (abbr.) egghead, intelligentsia in English. It can also be translated as intelligentsia depending on context. It is written as インテリ in hiragana, and interi in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N1 vocabulary.

Example sentence

あの本の読者たちは自分のことをインテリだと思っている。

The readers of that book think themselves sophisticated.