intellective
[ in-tl-ek-tiv ]
adjective
having power to understand; intelligent; cognitive.
of or relating to the intellect.
Origin of intellective
1Other words from intellective
- in·tel·lec·tive·ly, adverb
- un·in·tel·lec·tive, adjective
Words Nearby intellective
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How to use intellective in a sentence
This is identical with the intelligence itself; it is what constitutes its intellective force and principle of activity.
But we never attain a similar intuition of God by the mere exercise of our intellective activity.
The Greek philosophers acknowledged several kinds of ψυχὴ, the nutritive, the sensitive, and the intellective.
A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive | John Stuart MillBut that the impassivity of the sensitive and intellective power is not similar, is evident in the sensoria and in sense.
Library Of The World's Best Literature, Ancient And Modern, Vol. 2 | Charles Dudley WarnerThe three heads signify the intellective, dianoetic, and doxatic powers.
The Eleusinian Mysteries and Rites | Dudley Wright
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