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UK
/ˈɪntəlˌɛkt/
]
[ US /ˈɪnəˌɫɛkt, ˈɪntəˌɫɛkt/ ]
[ US /ˈɪnəˌɫɛkt, ˈɪntəˌɫɛkt/ ]
NOUN
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the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination
we are told that man is endowed with reason and capable of distinguishing good from evil -
knowledge and intellectual ability
he reads to improve his mind
he has a keen intellect - a person who uses the mind creatively
How To Use intellect In A Sentence
- Intellectual Dublin seemed no longer to consist of writers, but of folk singers, bearded or otherwise.
- The affinities between music and poetry have been familiar since antiquity, though they are largely ignored in the current intellectual climate.
- Such a level of monitoring is not only impracticable; it is incompatible with intellectual freedom.
- Ignorance of Sarah Palin offends anyone who is educated, it's an insult to the intellectual world, american intelligence. Palin plans 'aggressive' fundraising push
- This argument is untenable from an intellectual, moral and practical standpoint.
- A six-time Grammy nominee (talk about frustration), Elling has released six albums of audacious vocalese that trumpet his daring range and intellectualism.
- All this makes him an apposite starting point for those on the far right in search of intellectual sugarcoating.
- If we fail to develop emotional intelligence, or cannot control or restrain our emotions, we will lose our intellectual ability to think, reason and live rationally and intelligently. Dr T.P.Chia
- 8356A mugwump is a person educated beyond his intellect. Quotations
- Open source software is often portrayed as a breakthrough in the free and open exchange of intellectual property, without precedent in the prevailing global capitalist mentality.
