intellectuals
- plural of intellectual.
Example Sentences
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Intellectuals and lawmakers should absolutely be concerned about how and when our children navigate social media.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
Intellectuals from Versailles gather at the home of Madame Marie D’Aulnoy.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2024
The idea that to criticize popular taste is anti-democratic is the premise of Andrew Ross' enormously influential "No Respect: Intellectuals and Popular Culture," published in 1989.
From Salon • Dec. 25, 2021
Intellectuals delved into all the books that made even the vaguest reference to a plague.
From The Guardian • Jul. 5, 2020
Intellectuals were stunned at the Aztec books, “which,” one of them said, “almost resemble those of the Egyptians.”
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
