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   intellectual

   /ˌɪntɪˈlɛktʃʊəl/

   adjective

   • 1. relating to the intellect: "children need intellectual stimulation" Similar mentalcerebralcognitiverationalpsychologicalabstractconceptualtheoreticalanalyticallogicalacademicrare:mindlyphrenicratiocinativeOpposite physical
   • ▪ appealing to or requiring use of the intellect: "the film wasn't very intellectual, but it caught the mood of the times"
   • ▪ possessing a highly developed intellect: "you are an intellectual girl, like your mother" Similar intelligentcleveracademicwell educatedwell readwidely readeruditecerebrallearnedknowledgeableliterarybookishdonnishhighbrowscholarlystudiousculturedcultivatedcivilizedenlightenedsophisticatedinformal:brainygeniusarchaic:letteredclerklyOpposite stupidilliterate

   noun

   • 1. a person possessing a highly developed intellect: "a prominent political thinker and intellectual"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin intellectualis, from intellectus ‘understanding’, from intellegere ‘understand’ (see intelligent).

   Derivatives

   • 1. intellectuality noun

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   What does intellectual mean?

   • An intellectual is someone who spends a lot of time studying and thinking about complicated ideas. ...teachers, artists and other intellectuals. Intellectual is also an adjective. They were very intellectual and witty. ...an intellectual elite. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

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   What does pursuing the intellect mean?

   • 1. appealing to or engaging the intellect: intellectual pursuits. 2. of, pertaining to, or requiring the intellect or its use. 3. placing a high value on or pursuing things of interest to the intellect, esp. the higher or more abstract forms of knowledge. 4. developed by or relying on the intellect rather than emotions or feelings; rational.

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   What do you mean by intellectual pursuits?

   • intellectual pursuits. intellectual powers. an intellectual person. guided or developed by or relying on the intellect rather than upon emotions or feelings; rational. an intellectual way of speaking. a person of superior intellect.

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   What does superior intellect mean?

   • an intellectual way of speaking. a person of superior intellect. a person who places a high value on or pursues things of interest to the intellect or the more complex forms and fields of knowledge, as aesthetic or philosophical matters, especially on an abstract and general level.

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   intellectual: 1 adj of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind “ intellectual problems” Synonyms: noetic , rational mental involving the mind or an intellectual process adj involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct Synonyms: cerebral Antonyms: emotional determined or actuated by emotion rather than reason adj ...

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