intellective

[ in-tl-ek-tiv ]

adjective

1. having power to understand; intelligent; cognitive.
2. of or relating to the intellect.

Other Words From

• intel·lective·ly adverb
• unin·tel·lective adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of intellective¹

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English word from Latin word intellēctīvus. See intellect, -ive

Example Sentences

This is identical with the intelligence itself; it is what constitutes its intellective force and principle of activity.

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But we never attain a similar intuition of God by the mere exercise of our intellective activity.

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The Greek philosophers acknowledged several kinds of ψυχὴ, the nutritive, the sensitive, and the intellective.

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But that the impassivity of the sensitive and intellective power is not similar, is evident in the sensoria and in sense.

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The three heads signify the intellective, dianoetic, and doxatic powers.

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Related Words

• cerebral
• creative
• highbrow
• mental
• psychological
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