Look up: intellectual

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   intellectual
   [adj] - of or relating to the intellect 2. [adj] - of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind 3. [adj] - appealing to or using the intellect 4. [n] - a person who uses the mind creatively
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   intellectual
   work demanding mental rather than physical activity Category: Law • intellectual deterioration marked by deteriorated memory,abstraction ability,concentration ability,etc.due to organic or psychological factors Category: The chemical industry • General term for the assignment of property rights through, e.g., patents, copyrights or trademarks. These property rights give the...
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   Intellectual
   In`tel·lec'tu·al adjective [ Latin intellectualis : confer French intellectuel .] 1. Belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental; as, intellectual powers, activities, etc. « Logic is to teach us the right use of our reason or intellectual powers.» I. Watts. 2. Endowed with intellect; having the power of understanding; having ...
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   Intellectual
   In`tel·lec'tu·al noun The intellect or understanding; mental powers or faculties. « Her husband, for I view far round, not nigh, Whose higher intellectual more I shun.» Milton. « I kept her intellectuals in a state of exercise.» De Quincey.
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   intellectual
   rational adjective of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind; `intellectual problems`; `the triumph of the rational over the animal side of man`
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   intellectual
   adjective of or relating to the intellect; `his intellectual career`
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   intellectual
   adjective appealing to or using the intellect; `satire is an intellectual weapon`; `intellectual workers engaged in creative literary or artistic or scientific labor`; `has tremendous intellectual sympathy for oppressed people`; `coldly intellectual`; `sort of the intellectual type`; `intellectual literature`
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   Intellectual
   • (a.) Relating to the understanding; treating of the mind; as, intellectual philosophy, sometimes called `mental` philosophy. • (a.) Belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental; as, intellectual powers, activities, etc. • (n.) The intellect or understanding; mental powers or faculties. • (a.) Endowed with intellect; ha...
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   intellectual
   intellectual Someone who can listen to the 'William Tell Overture' without thinking of the Lone Ranger.
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