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[ UK /ˈɪntəlˌɛkt/ ]
[ US /ˈɪnəˌɫɛkt, ˈɪntəˌɫɛkt/ ]
NOUN
  1. 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
  2. knowledge and intellectual ability
    he reads to improve his mind
    he has a keen intellect
  3. 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
  • Our intellectual culture demands that every idea or phenomenon be subjected to the unrelenting rigour of rationalism, or excesses of scientism.
  • Like most of the terms that refer to major conceptual anchors of the western intellectual tradition, its origins may be traced to classical antiquity.
  • The American scientist was to be prized not just for intellectual prowess, but technical facility.
  • 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.
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