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intellectual

adj
/ˌɪntəˈlɛkt͡ʃʊəl/

Etymology

From Old French intellectuel, from Latin intellectualis.

  1. derived from intellectuel

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to, or performed by, the intellect

    Pertaining to, or performed by, the intellect; mental or cognitive.

    • intellectual powers, activities, etc.
    • Indeed, this discovery of meaning in symbols may be the most astounding intellectual feat that any human being ever performs—and most humans perform it before they are seven years old!

  2. Endowed with intellect

    Endowed with intellect; having a keen sense of understanding; having the capacity for higher forms of knowledge or thought; characterized by intelligence or cleverness

    • an intellectual person

  3. Suitable for exercising one's intellect

    Suitable for exercising one's intellect; perceived by the intellect

    • intellectual employments
    • A good deal of nonsense is written about sport and entertainment. Many of us can, with pleasant ease, suspend a severely intellectual task for a few hours to witness a first-class football match.
  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. Relating to the understanding

      Relating to the understanding; treating of the mind.

      • intellectual philosophy, sometimes called "mental" philosophy

    2. Spiritual.

      • I deem not profitless those fleeting moods / Of shadowy exultation; not for this, / That they are kindred to our purer mind / And intellectual life […]

    3. An intelligent, learned person, especially one who discourses about learned matters.

      • ‘You know I hate intellectuals.’ ‘You mean you hate people who are cleverer than you are.’ ‘Yes. I suppose that’s why I like you so much, Tom.’

    4. The intellect or understanding

      The intellect or understanding; mental powers or faculties.

      • […] although their intellectuals had not failed in the theory of truth, yet did the inservient and brutall faculties control the suggestion of reason […]

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Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at intellectual. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at intellectual. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at intellectual

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA