intellectuality

[ in-tl-ek-choo-al-i-tee ]

noun

, plural in·tel·lec·tu·al·i·ties.

1. the quality or state of being intellectual.
2. intellectual character or power.

Other Words From

• unin·tel·lectu·ali·ty noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of intellectuality¹

From the Late Latin word intellēctuālitās, dating back to 1605–15. See intellectual, -ity

Example Sentences

It is the development of character, the triumph of intellectuality and spirituality I have striven to express.'

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Probably this is due to the long association of intellectuality and science with heresy.

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Yet Mohammed was not of vigorous intellectuality, nor in any sense an original thinker.

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The essence of the soul, as was said above, is not intellectuality, but love and desire; hence pain may destroy it.

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All may not attain the same heights, but this shows that intellectuality is open to them without destroying spirituality.

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