intellectual
adjective
appealing to or engaging the intellect.
intellectuals
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pluralof intellectual.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The decade-long episode instigated by Mao in 1966 saw intellectuals brutally targeted as "class enemies" and schools shuttered, setting China back for years in education and development.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
Frances Stonor Saunders’s “The Cultural Cold War” moves beyond outright falsehoods and forgeries to reveal how the Central Intelligence Agency secretly supported a wide-ranging collection of artists and intellectuals between 1947 and 1967.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Hundreds of intellectuals and others have signed letters and online petitions expressing fears of a disastrous denouement: the collection’s prolonged — and possible permanent — absence from Mexico.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
Instead, she places Black Americans, Black intellectuals, and Black constitutional struggle where they have always belonged: at the center of the 14th Amendment.
From Slate ● Jul. 2, 2026
He was now at odds with his own executive, which was mainly populated with intellectuals.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
