intellectual
/ˌɪntəˈlɛk(t)ʃʊəl/ · noun
Meaning
- An intelligent, learned person, especially one who discourses about learned matters.
- The intellect or understanding; mental powers or faculties.
- Belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental or cognitive.
- Endowed with intellect; having the power of understanding; having capacity for the higher forms of knowledge or thought; characterized by intelligence or mental capacity
- Suitable for exercising the intellect; formed by, and existing for, the intellect alone; perceived by the intellect
- Relating to the understanding; treating of the mind.
- Spiritual.
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