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   In·tel·lec·tu·al

   /ˌin(t)əˈlek(t)SH(əw)əl/

   

   adjective

   • 1. relating to the intellect: "children need intellectual stimulation" Similar mentalcerebralcognitiverationalpsychologicalabstractconceptualtheoreticalanalyticallogicalacademicrare:mindlyphrenicratiocinativeOpposite physical
   • ▪ appealing to or requiring use of the intellect: "the movie 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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