Sentence:  The capacity of intellectuals and <WSD>members</WSD> of the new professional classes to contribute creatively to national development is likely to be destroyed by a constraining sense of inferiority toward both their own political class and their colleagues and professional counterparts in the West . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  one of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participate in a group organization)