Word.ws English Dictionary

organic intellectual

organic intellectual noun: an intellectual member of a social class, as opposed to a member of the traditional intelligentsia that regards itself as a class apart from the rest of society.

Noun

organic intellectual (plural organic intellectuals)

  1. An intellectual member of a social class, as opposed to a member of the traditional intelligentsia that regards itself as a class apart from the rest of society.

Forms of organic intellectual

pluralorganic intellectuals

Origin of organic intellectual

Coined by the Italian Marxist Antonio Gramsci.

Questions about organic intellectual

What does organic intellectual mean?
Organic intellectual means an intellectual member of a social class, as opposed to a member of the traditional intelligentsia that regards itself as a class apart from the rest of society.
What part of speech is organic intellectual?
Organic intellectual is a noun.
What is the plural of organic intellectual?
The plural of organic intellectual is organic intellectuals.

Words near organic intellectual in the dictionary

  1. organic dust toxic syndrome
  2. organic electroluminescent display
  3. organic electroluminescent displays
  4. organic farming
  5. organic growth
  6. organic intellectual
  7. organic intellectuals
  8. organic law
  9. organic laws
  10. organic light-emitting diode
  11. organic light-emitting diodes

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: organic intellectual (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “organic intellectual.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/organic_intellectual. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.