intelligentsia

circle club company degree family grade league place position

ancestry birth bourgeoisie breed caliber caste clan clique condition connection coterie derivation descent estate extraction genealogy hierarchy influence lineage moiety nobility origin pedigree pigeonhole prestige quality sect source sphere standing state station status stock strain stratum tier title

cultural level pecking order social rank the right stuff

unemployment

conclusion consequence death effect end outgrowth result

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illuminato literato longhair

ignoramus imbecile

academic academician doctor philosopher pundit scholar thinker

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braintruster

imbecile

ignoramus