Intellectual - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˌɪntəˈlektʃʊəl|  American pronunciation of the word intellectual
Brit.  |ˌɪntəˈlektʃʊəl|  British pronunciation of the word intellectual

noun

- a person who uses the mind creatively (syn: intellect)

adjective

- of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind (syn: noetic, rational)
intellectual problems

Extra examples

...as the daughter of college professors, she's used to being around intellectual people...

He thinks that he's an intellectual, but he doesn't know what he's talking about.

She's a hard worker but she's no great intellectual.

Mark's very intellectual.

Satire is an intellectual weapon.

...the justices displayed great intellectual depth and sinew in writing their opinion on this case...

Our universities must serve as custodians of intellectual freedom.

Computers empower students to become intellectual explorers.

They aren't trying to play up his intellectual side.

The predominance of intellectual vigour.

He was also an intellectual roughneck.

Mary was of a far less intellectual cast of mind.

The laws on intellectual property are murky.

The two newspapers are on completely different intellectual planes.

I was sick of his intellectual flimflam.

Word forms

noun
singular: intellectual
plural: intellectuals
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