intellectual en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˌɪntəˈlɛkt͡ʃʊəl/
- (US) audio
- /ˌɪntəˈlɛkt͡ʃwəl/
- /ˌɪntəˈlɛkt͡ʃəl/
Etymology
From Old French intellectuel, from Latin intellectualis.
Meanings
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Pertaining to, or performed by, the intellect; mental or cognitive.
intellectual powers, activities, etc.
Indeed, this discovery of meaning in symbols may be the most astounding intellectual feat that any human being ever performs—and most humans perform it before they are seven years old!
1972, Mortimer J. Adler, Charles Van Doren, How to Read a Book, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 25:1920, Harold Monro, Preface to The year's at the spring; an anthology of recent poetry Pleasure is various, but it cannot exist where the emotions or the imagination have not been powerfully stirred. Whether it be called sensual or intellectual, pleasure cannot be willed
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Endowed with intellect; having a keen sense of understanding; having the capacity for higher forms of knowledge or thought; characterized by intelligence or cleverness
The Fenimore Cooper Indian is no doubt a brave and highly intellectual person, educated abroad, refined and cultivated by foreign travel, graceful in the grub dance or scalp walk-around, yet tender-hearted as a girl, walking by night fifty-seven miles in a single evening to warn his white friends of danger.
1894, Edgar Wilson Nye, “Chapter 30”, in Nye's History of the USA:an intellectual person
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Suitable for exercising one's intellect; perceived by the intellect
A good deal of nonsense is written about sport and entertainment. Many of us can, with pleasant ease, suspend a severely intellectual task for a few hours to witness a first-class football match.
1916, Joseph McCabe, “Chapter IX”, in The Tyranny of Shams:intellectual employments
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Relating to the understanding; treating of the mind.
intellectual philosophy, sometimes called "mental" philosophy
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(archaic, poetic) Spiritual.
I deem not profitless those fleeting moods / Of shadowy exultation; not for this, / That they are kindred to our purer mind / And intellectual life […]
1805, William Wordsworth, The Prelude, Book II, lines 331-334 (eds. Jonathan Wordsworth, M. H. Abrams, & Stephen Gill, published by W. W. Norton & Company, 1979)
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most intellectual | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more intellectual | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| intellectuall | alternative | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
intellectuality · intellectualisation · intellectualization · intellectual journey · intellectualoid · intellectual capital · pseudo-intellectual · hyperintellectual · intellectual freedom · intellectual rights · preintellectual · intellectual masturbation · intellectualism · intellectual property · intellectual dark web · intellectualistic · intellectualist · antiintellectual · ultraintellectual · intellectually · blepharophimosis-ptosis-intellectual disability syndrome · pseudointellectual · overintellectual · unintellectual · intellectual honesty · intellectual disability · alpha-thalassemia-intellectual disability syndrome · organic intellectual · intellectual prostitute · intellectualness · anti-intellectual · neurointellectual · intellectualish · intellectual developmental disorder · subintellectual · superintellectual
Hyponyms
Relateds
intellect · overintellectualize · brain · intelligence · intellectualize · learned · faculty · bodily · intelligent
Synonyms
rational · logical · mental · cerebral · intellectual
Translations (60)
ru у́мственный (belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental or cognitive) · mi punenga (belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental or cognitive) · bg интелектуален (endowed with intellect) · de intellektuell (belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental or cognitive) · fi älyperäinen (suitable for exercising the intellect) · az zehni (belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental or cognitive) · ro intelectual (belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental or cognitive) · pl intelektualny (belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental or cognitive) · ka გონებრივი (belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental or cognitive) · km បញ្ញា (belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental or cognitive) · ca intel·lectual (belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental or cognitive) · tr akıllı (endowed with intellect) · fi intellektuaalinen (endowed with intellect) · de verstandesmäßig (belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental or cognitive) · mi ihumanea (endowed with intellect) · fi älykäs (endowed with intellect) · hi बौद्धिक (belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental or cognitive) · fi henkinen (relating to the understanding) · tl makaisipnon (endowed with intellect) · tl pang-isipan (endowed with intellect) · pt intelectual (belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental or cognitive) · kk зияткерлік (belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental or cognitive) · tr entellektüel (belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental or cognitive) · cmn 智力的 (belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental or cognitive) · tl makaisipnon (belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental or cognitive) · ka ინტელექტუალური (belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental or cognitive) · sv intellektuell (belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental or cognitive) · cy deallusol (belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental or cognitive) · mi uhumanea (endowed with intellect) · nl verstandelijk (belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental or cognitive) · bg умствен (belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental or cognitive) · gl intelectual (belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental or cognitive) · fi älyllinen (suitable for exercising the intellect) · nb intellektuell (belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental or cognitive) · bg интелектуален (suitable for exercising the intellect) · fi älyllinen (endowed with intellect) · tr aklî (belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental or cognitive) · ru интеллектуа́льный (belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental or cognitive) · fi henkinen (belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental or cognitive) · tr zeki (endowed with intellect) · fi mieli- (relating to the understanding) · cs intelektuální (belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental or cognitive) · cmn 思想的 (belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental or cognitive) · ja 知的な (belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental or cognitive) · fi älyllinen (belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental or cognitive) · fi älyllinen (relating to the understanding) · it intellettuale (belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental or cognitive) · cy dealltwriaethol (belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental or cognitive) · nb intellektuell (endowed with intellect) · fi henkinen (suitable for exercising the intellect) · nb intellektuell (endowed with intellect) · tl pang-isipan (belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental or cognitive) · it intellettuale (endowed with intellect) · bg мисловен (belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental or cognitive) · fr intellectuel (belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental or cognitive) · fi mielen (relating to the understanding) · es intelectual (belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental or cognitive) · nb intellektuell (belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental or cognitive) · grc νοητικός (belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental or cognitive) · pt intelectual (endowed with intellect)