intellectual
/ˌɪntəˈlɛk(t)ʃʊəl/
noun
- 1
An intelligent, learned person, especially one who discourses about learned matters.
- 2
The intellect or understanding; mental powers or faculties.
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adjective
- 1
Belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental or cognitive.
“intellectual powers, activities, etc.”
- 2
Endowed with intellect; having the power of understanding; having capacity for the higher forms of knowledge or thought; characterized by intelligence or mental capacity
“an intellectual person”
- 3
Suitable for exercising the intellect; formed by, and existing for, the intellect alone; perceived by the intellect
“intellectual employments”
- 4
Relating to the understanding; treating of the mind.
“intellectual philosophy, sometimes called "mental" philosophy”
- 5
Spiritual.
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