intellectualism
devotion to intellectual pursuits.
the exercise of the intellect.
excessive emphasis on abstract or intellectual matters, especially with a lack of proper consideration for emotions.
Philosophy.
the doctrine that knowledge is wholly or chiefly derived from pure reason.
the belief that reason is the final principle of reality.
Origin of intellectualism
1Other words from intellectualism
- in·tel·lec·tu·al·ist, noun
- in·tel·lec·tu·al·is·tic, adjective
- in·tel·lec·tu·al·is·ti·cal·ly, adverb
- non·in·tel·lec·tu·al·ism, noun
- o·ver·in·tel·lec·tu·al·ism, noun
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How to use intellectualism in a sentence
Since 1917, the two-year institution has taught students using a mix of cowboy grit and high intellectualism, a cocktail meant to prepare the world’s future leaders for a life of service to humanity.
This Elite Cowboy College Finally Let Women In. But Don’t Say It’s Changing. | jversteegh | November 1, 2021 | Outside OnlineAnd this mix of intellectualism and faithfulness is filling an unmet need among students on many of these campuses.
Can Christians Still Go to Harvard? | Kirsten Powers, Jonathan Merritt | October 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTDo they have a point, or are their complaints just anti-intellectualism run amok?
These are institutions that are meant to promote the pursuit of intellectualism and honesty.
Colleges Lawyer Up Before Claire McCaskill Rape Inquiry | Emily Shire | June 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut America's long tradition of anti-intellectualism helped him become a star religious entrepreneur.
Ken Ham: The Making of An American Religious Huckster | Karl W. Giberson | February 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
There the American kids encounter high schools that are deeply, even shockingly, enamored of intellectualism.
Here also appears clearly the anti-intellectualism of Crescas and his disagreement with Maimonides and Gersonides.
A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy | Isaac HusikThe Kabbala was at first a protest against too much intellectualism and rigidity in religion.
Chapters on Jewish Literature | Israel AbrahamsIf anywhere, therefore, it is in the psychology of religion that intellectualism is doomed to failure.
Elements of Folk Psychology | Wilhelm Wundtintellectualism may not always be so clearly other-worldly as Plato shows himself to be in this passage.
The Behavior of Crowds | Everett Dean MartinNo doubt much of the gaiety, the delightful intellectualism of that pleasant refuge, had departed with the altering time.
The Makers of Modern Rome | Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
British Dictionary definitions for intellectualism
/ (ˌɪntɪˈlɛktʃʊəˌlɪzəm) /
development and exercise of the intellect
the placing of excessive value on the intellect, esp with disregard for the emotions
philosophy
the doctrine that reason is the ultimate criterion of knowledge
the doctrine that deliberate action is consequent on a process of conscious or subconscious reasoning
Derived forms of intellectualism
- intellectualist, noun, adjective
- intellectualistic, adjective
- intellectualistically, adverb
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