noun
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mental activity; thought
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an idea or thought
Etymology
Origin of intellection
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin intellēctiōn- (stem of intellēctiō ); intellect, -ion
Example Sentences
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When the second half begins to drift, the absence of electric drive-by observation and intellection becomes more apparent.
From New York Times
Even its harshest critics had to acknowledge its ambition; it took on Argentina’s Dirty War, gaming culture and high theory, wrangling with the problem of how to dramatize intellection and laying bare a fascinating mind.
From New York Times
Trethewey’s memoir is a controlled burn of chaos and intellection; it’s a memoir that will really lay you out.
From New York Times
It is a controlled burn of chaos and intellection; it is a memoir that will really lay you out.”
From New York Times
In books of the 1920s and ’30s — the Golden Age — one can experience the calm of austere intellection, observe the restoration of order after chaos.
From Washington Post
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