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professors(noun, intelligentsia, intellects, scholars, sages)
2
doctors(noun, scholars, sages)
2
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experts(noun, scholars, sages)
2
faculty(noun, literati)
2
geniuses(noun, scholars, sages)
2
gurus(noun, sages)
2
intellectual(noun, intelligentsia, intellects)
2
masters(noun, scholars, sages)
2
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sages(noun, sages)
2
savants(noun, sages)
2
thinkers(noun, sages)
1
adepts(noun, sages)
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authorities(noun, sages)
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