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.