intellectualism
noun
devotion to intellectual pursuits.
intellectualist
-
a word derived from
intellectualism.
Example Sentences
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Thomas, who generally avoids intellectualist explanations, falls back on this.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
He followed the strict intellectualist method with sensations.
From A Pluralistic Universe Hibbert Lectures at Manchester College on the Present Situation in Philosophy by William James
Besides, if a man who is highly intellectual did much wrong, he should be punished in his soul, but on the intellectualist theory such a soul is immortal and cannot be destroyed.
From A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy by Isaac Husik
The peasant landowner, the small shopkeeper, the intellectualist, and occasionally a man or two of wealth and high social position are being drawn into this new democracy.
From Socialism and Democracy in Europe by Samuel P. Orth
Bradley holds to the intellectualist logic, and by dint of it convicts the human universe of being irrationality incarnate.
From A Pluralistic Universe Hibbert Lectures at Manchester College on the Present Situation in Philosophy by William James
