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intellectual

/ˌɪntəˈlɛk(t)ʃʊəl/ · noun

Meaning

  1. An intelligent, learned person, especially one who discourses about learned matters.
  2. The intellect or understanding; mental powers or faculties.
  3. Belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental or cognitive.
  4. Endowed with intellect; having the power of understanding; having capacity for the higher forms of knowledge or thought; characterized by intelligence or mental capacity
  5. Suitable for exercising the intellect; formed by, and existing for, the intellect alone; perceived by the intellect
  6. Relating to the understanding; treating of the mind.
  7. Spiritual.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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