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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A meet-up with Meyers’ “artistic community,” a circle of so-called intellectuals known as the Enthusiasm Society, leads Ed to humbly dip a toe back into his vanished creative side.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
In 1993 Hutu intellectuals at the National University of Rwanda accused the Tutsi-associated Rwandan Patriotic Front of genocide.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Otero Alcantara, a self-taught performance artist, sculptor and painter, rose to prominence in 2020 as leader of the San Isidro protest movement of artists and intellectuals.
From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026
Conservative intellectuals in the U.S. appropriated Disraeli as an exemplar of temperament and principle.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
In the Soviet Union in the 1930s, left-wing scientists and intellectuals proposed that nothing about heredity was inherent at all.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
