intellectual
adjective
appealing to or engaging the intellect.
hyperintellectual
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a word derived from
intellectual.
Example Sentences
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To win over this hyperintellectual crowd, firms lean in to their nerdy culture.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
That gets so hyperintellectual that it takes away from the enjoyment sometimes.
From Slate ● Sep. 26, 2018
On Joyce's powers of characterization, on his Swiftian moral grandeur, and on that almost Shakespearean humaneness which alone could delight the plainest of readers, he is obtuse as only a hyperintellectual can be.
From Time Magazine Archive
He is neither a hyperintellectual nor a blood-and-Kiplingite, nor a mere experimenter with unusual rhythms.
From Time Magazine Archive
Their movies can sometimes be disjointed, silly, hit-and-miss cartoons, but even those give you a glimpse of the brothers' Platonic ideal: hyperintellectual, dizzyingly creative, unpretentious truth.
From Time Magazine Archive
