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intellect
[ in-tl-ekt ]
noun
- the power or faculty of the mind by which one knows or understands, as distinguished from that by which one feels and that by which one wills; the understanding; the faculty of thinking and acquiring knowledge.
Synonyms: common sense, sense, reason
- capacity for thinking and acquiring knowledge, especially of a high or complex order; mental capacity.
- a particular mind or intelligence, especially of a high order.
- a person possessing a great capacity for thought and knowledge.
- minds collectively, as of a number of persons or the persons themselves.
intellect
/ ˈɪntɪˌlɛkt /
noun
- the capacity for understanding, thinking, and reasoning, as distinct from feeling or wishing
- a mind or intelligence, esp a brilliant one
his intellect is wasted on that job
- informal.a person possessing a brilliant mind; brain
- those possessing the greatest mental power
the intellect of a nation
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Derived Forms
- ˌintelˈlective, adjective
- ˌintelˈlectively, adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of intellect1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of intellect1
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Example Sentences
As in the case of Turner, the core of the intellect is missing.
Anyone with the intellect of a ping-pong ball should understand how opportunistic that whistleblowing looks.
Renowned livestock specialist and autism advocate Temple Grandin brought her unique intellect and wit to Reddit.
Tavis Smiley, the PBS talk show host and close friend to Cornel West, often credits West with having a “useable intellect.”
He is a man of deep faith and brilliant intellect, with a healthy dose of modernity and realism.
How much of the imagination, how much of the intellect, evaporates and is lost while we seek to embody it in words!
It is the will directing the activity of the intellect into some particular channel and keeping it there.
In running over many words, the intellect might be arrested by chance.
The intellect might be abolished so far as its participation in such an operation is concerned.
And the most vivid First Impressions always result from the action of the intellect upon the sensuous stimuli from ear and eye.
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