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   In·tel·lect

   /ˈin(t)lˌek(t)/

   

   noun

   • 1. the faculty of reasoning and understanding objectively, especially with regard to abstract or academic matters: "he was a man of action rather than of intellect" Similar mindbrainbrainsheadintelligencereasonunderstandingcomprehensionthoughtbrainpowersensejudgmentwisdomwitsinformal:nousgray matterbrainboxbrain cellsloafupper storeysmartskopOpposite emotion
   • ▪ the understanding or mental powers of a particular person: "his keen intellect"
   • ▪ an intelligent or intellectual person: "sapping our country of some of its brightest intellects" Similar thinkerintellectualbluestockingacademicscholarsagemindbrain

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

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