intellectuals
- plural of intellectual.
Example Sentences
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Intellectuals and lawmakers should absolutely be concerned about how and when our children navigate social media.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
More than a half-century ago, Noam Chomsky’s seminal essay, "The Responsibility of Intellectuals," appeared in a Feb. 23, 1967, special issue of The New York Review of Books.
From Salon • Nov. 24, 2024
Intellectuals from Versailles gather at the home of Madame Marie D’Aulnoy.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2024
Intellectuals like to believe that ideas emerge from a lecture hall and then converts struggle to implement them.
From The Guardian • Jan. 12, 2019
Intellectuals were stunned at the Aztec books, “which,” one of them said, “almost resemble those of the Egyptians.”
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
