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• in|tel|lec|tu|al|i|ty — «IHN tuh LEHK chu AL uh tee», noun, plural ties. 1. the state of being intellectual; intellectual nature or power. 2. an intellectual person …   Useful english dictionary

• in´tel|lec´tive|ly — in|tel|lec|tive «IHN tuh LEHK tihv», adjective. 1. having the power to reason or understand; intelligent. 2. of or having to do with the intellect. –in´tel|lec´tive|ly, adverb …   Useful english dictionary

• in|tel|lec|tive — «IHN tuh LEHK tihv», adjective. 1. having the power to reason or understand; intelligent. 2. of or having to do with the intellect. –in´tel|lec´tive|ly, adverb …   Useful english dictionary

• in´tel|lec´tu|al|ist — in|tel|lec|tu|al|ism «IHN tuh LEHK chu uh LIHZ uhm», noun. 1. the exercise of the intellect: »He is like those classical Japanese artists who…were indifferent to the intellectualism of Chinese painting (Atlantic). 2. devotion to intellectual… …   Useful english dictionary

• in|tel|lec|tu|al|ism — «IHN tuh LEHK chu uh LIHZ uhm», noun. 1. the exercise of the intellect: »He is like those classical Japanese artists who…were indifferent to the intellectualism of Chinese painting (Atlantic). 2. devotion to intellectual pursuits. 3. Philosophy.… …   Useful english dictionary

• in´tel|lec´tu|al|i|za´tion — in|tel|lec|tu|al|ize «IHN tuh LEHK chu uh lyz», verb, ized, iz|ing. –v.t. to make intellectual; give an intellectual quality to. –v.i. to become intellectual; reason; philosophize. –in´tel|lec´tu|al|i|za´tion, noun …   Useful english dictionary

• in|tel|lec|tu|al|ize — «IHN tuh LEHK chu uh lyz», verb, ized, iz|ing. –v.t. to make intellectual; give an intellectual quality to. –v.i. to become intellectual; reason; philosophize. –in´tel|lec´tu|al|i|za´tion, noun …   Useful english dictionary

• an|ti-in|tel|lec|tu|al|ism — «AN tee IHN tuh LEHK chu uh LIHZ uhm», noun. opposition to the practices or pursuits of intellectuals or to intellectual points of view …   Useful english dictionary

• an|ti-in|tel|lec|tu|al — «AN tee IHN tuh LEHK chu uhl», adjective, noun. –adj. opposed to the practices or pursuits of intellectuals or to intellectual points of view: »What worries me about the real beatniks…is that they are profoundly anti intellectual (New Yorker). –n …   Useful english dictionary

• in|tel|lec|tion — «IHN tuh LEHK shuhn», noun. 1. the act or process of reasoning or understanding. 2. a particular act of the intellect: »The immortality of man is as legitimately preached from the intellections as from the moral volitions (Emerson). 3. a… …   Useful english dictionary

• in|tel|lec|tu|al|ise — «IHN tuh LEHK chu uh lyz», transitive verb, intransitive verb, ised, is|ing. Especially British. intellectualize …   Useful english dictionary