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Intellectual

/ˌɪntəˈlɛk(t)ʃʊəl/

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

📖 Definitions of "Intellectual"

noun

1
An intelligent, learned person, especially one who discourses about learned matters.
2
The intellect or understanding; mental powers or faculties.

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"

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