Intellectual

Definition: Intellectual

Intellectual

Adjective

1. Of or relating to the intellect; "his intellectual career".

2. Of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind; "intellectual problems"; "the triumph of the rational over the animal side of man".

3. 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".

4. Involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct; "a cerebral approach to the problem"; "cerebral drama".

Noun

1. A person who uses the mind creatively.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "intellectual" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Synonyms: Intellectual

Curiosity

Inquirer; sightseer; quidnunc, newsmonger, Paul Pry, eavesdropper; gossip; (news); rubberneck; intellectual; seeker, seeker after truth.

Intellect

Phrase: ens rationis; frons est animi janua; locos y ninos dicen la verdad; mens sola loco non exulat; " my mind is my kingdom "; " stern men with empires in their brains "; " the mind, the music breathing from her face "; " thou living ray of intellectual Fire ".

Noun: intellect, mind, understanding, reason, thinking principle; rationality; cogitative faculties, cognitive faculties, discursive faculties, reasoning faculties, intellectual faculties; faculties, senses, consciousness, observation, percipience, intelligence, intellection, intuition, association of ideas, instinct, conception, judgment, wits, parts, capacity, intellectuality, genius; brains, cognitive powers, intellectual powers; wit; ability; (skill); wisdom; Vernunft, Verstand.

Adjective: intellectual, mental, rational, subjective, metaphysical, nooscopic, spiritual; ghostly; psychical, psychological; cerebral; animastic; brainy; hyperphysical, superphysical; subconscious, subliminal.

Sage

Noun: sage, wise man; genius; master mind, master spirit of the age; longhead, thinker; intellectual, longhair.

Vigor

Noun: vigor, power, force; boldness, raciness; Adjective: intellectual, force; spirit, point, piquance, piquancy; verve, glow, fire, warmth; strong language; gravity, sententiousness; elevation, loftiness, sublimity.

Crosswords: Intellectual

Intellectual and stimulating (Just Shoot Me!; writing credit: David Renwick)

An intellectual carrot (The Thing From Another World; writing credit: George A. Romero; John A. Russo)

And as for what I've taught you, well, listen, I've always believed that every woman should get as much education and intellectual stimulation as possible, and that she should develop her mental abilities to their utmost potential (Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death; writing credit: J.F. Lawton)

We are graded not only on intellectual prowess, but also on our physical appearance (2 Little, 2 Late; writing credit: Jim Brooks; Mark Swanson)

Yeah, well I kinda liked that Lamaze class I took, but I was looking for something a little bit more intellectual, with a less painful final exam (Friends; writing credit: Jörn O. Jensen; Birger Larsen)

It can't be intellectual (Sexual (Li Da Di); performing artist: Amber)

Clinical, intellectual, cynical (The Logical Song; performing artist: Supertramp)

Intellectual ''work'' is misnamed; it is a pleasure, a dissipation, and is its own highest reward. (references; author: Mark Twain)

I refuse to engage in an intellectual battle with an unarmed man. (references; author: unknown)

I Was a Teenage Intellectual (1999)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Protecting Your #1 Asset : Creating Fortunes from Your Ideas : An Intellectual Property Handbook (Rich Dad's Advisors) (reference)

• Restoring the Temple of Vision: Cabalistic Freemasonry and Stuart Culture (Brill's Studies in Intellectual History, 110) (reference)

• The Cartographer and the Literati: Herman Moll and His Intellectual Circle (reference)

• The impudent snobs; Agnew vs. the intellectual establishment (reference)

• Moving on Without Parents: Planning, Transitions and Sources of Support for Middle-Aged and Older Adults With Intellectual Disability (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Australian Intellectual Property Law Bulletin (reference)

• Bna Intellectual Property Library On Cd-rom (reference)

• Himayat Al-Milkiyah Al-Fikriyah = Protection Of Intellectual Property (reference)

• Intellectual History Newsletter (reference)

• Intellectual News (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Intellectual Trio (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Intellectual Properities [IMPORT] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Official Intellectual Property Suite (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

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Rear Admiral Charles Henry Davis Served on Coast Survey under both Ferdinand Hassler and Alexander Bache Intellectual, helped found National Academy of Sciences Brother-in-law of Benjamin Peirce. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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And as in material, so also in intellectual production. (reference)

The High Contracting Parties, recognising that the well-being, physical, moral and intellectual, of industrial wage-earners is of supreme international importance, have framed, in order to further this great end, the permanent machinery provided for in Section l and associated with that of the League of Nations. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

No such importation of novelties could enrich their intellectual stores at present

Then, moreover, the white locks of age were sometimes found to be the thatch of an intellectual tenement in good repair

Intellectual and moral growth is not less indispensable than material amelioration

The result is dulness of sight, a stagnation of the vital circulations, and a general deliquium and sloughing off of all the intellectual faculties

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Gronwall D, Wrightson P. Delayed recovery of intellectual function after minor head injury. (references)

As the disease progresses, concentration on intellectual tasks becomes increasingly difficult. (references)

The cerebrum sits at the topmost part of the brain and is the source of intellectual activities. (references)

Business

It is also a member of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). (references)

Software piracy is part of the broader problems of intellectual property rights (IPR) in China. (references)

American and European firms in Thailand have reported some concerns regarding intellectual property rights issues. (references)

Children

Australia

The 2000-01 HREOC report states that persons brought 82 complaints to HREOC during the 2000-01 reporting year, along with 20 complaints of discrimination based on intellectual disability, and 24 complaints based on learning disabilities. (references)

Civil Liberties

Malaysia

Opposition leaders stated that the crackdown on political expression on campus would stifle students' intellectual development. (references)

Economic History

Poland

Piracy of intellectual property remains a significant problem. (references)

Human Rights

Iran

Kadivar advocated political reform and greater intellectual freedom and criticized the misuse of religion to maintain power. (references)

Venezuela

The Constitution also states that an individual must refuse to obey an order to commit such a crime, and provides for the prosecution of the intellectual author of the crime. (references)

Guatemala

There was no progress on the investigation into the intellectual authorship of the 1985 murder of foreign journalist Nicholas Blake despite orders from both an appeals court and the Supreme Court. (references)

Indigenous People

Panama

Laws protect intellectual property rights of indigenous artwork and set up regulations for artisan fairs. (references)

Political Economy

CHILE

Chile's intellectual property regime is basically strong. (references)

REPUBLIC OF KOREA

Problems also exist in intellectual property rights protection. (references)

Trade

Bolivia

Draft legislation on intellectual property currently contemplated may change these rules. (references)

Panama

Other problematic transactions include trade in pirated intellectual property and stolen vehicles. (references)

Bolivia

Duties and taxes will then be applied on the combination of the medium and the intellectual property. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "intellectual": an intellectual atmosphere ♦ intellectual aristocracy ♦ intellectual dementia ♦ Intellectual impairment ♦ intellectual nourishment ♦ intellectual power ♦ intellectual property ♦ intellectual property rights ♦ intellectual work. Additional references.

Beginning with "intellectual": intellectual-cum-practical, intellectual-led, intellectual-literary-reformist, intellectual-property.

Ending with "intellectual": pseudo-intellectual.

Containing "intellectual": anti-intellectual philistine.

Albanian

inteligjencie (intellectuals, intelligence, intelligentsia), intelektual (cerebral, egghead, highbrow, Longhair, long-haired, mental, noetic), i mendjes, shkencor (sciential, scientific), mendor (intellective, mental, psychic, psychical). (various references)

Arabic 

‏فكري (ideational, ideological, mental, speculative), ‏مفكر (debater, thinking), ‏ميال للدرس, ‏منهمك في نشاط, ‏مثقف (cultivated, cultured, educated, educative, enlightened, informative, instructive, learned, literate, polished, refined, scholar), ‏حالة ماهو عقلاني, ‏عقلاني (rational, rationalistic, thinking), ‏ذهني (ideal, mental). (various references)

Bulgarian 

умствен (intellective, mental), мисловен (intellective, mental), мислещ (reasoning, thinking), интелектуалец (egghead), интелектуален (highbrow, noetic, thinking, unemotional), интелигент. (various references)

Chinese 

知識份子 (learned person), 知識分子 (intelligentsia), 知識 (knowledge, knowledge-related), 智力 (INTELLECT, intelligence). (various references)

Czech

intelektuální (cerebral, donnish), intelektuál (highbrow), myšlenkový, duchovní (clergyman, divine, ecclesiastic, ecclesiastical, parson, sacred, spiritual). (various references)

Danish

intelligensforstyrrelse (intellectual defect), intelligensdefekter (intellectual deficits), intelligensdefekt (intellectual defect, intellectual disturbance), intellektuelt arbejde (intellectual work, non-manual work), intellektuel type (intellectual type), intellektuel reduktion (intellectual dementia), Intellektuel og industriel ejendomsret.Etableringsfrihed og fri udveksling af tjenesteydelser,især i forbindelse med lovregulerede erhverv,og medier (Intellectual and industrial property.Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services, notably in the regulated professions, the media), intellektuel ejendomsret (intellectual property), Manuel indeksering (intellectual indexing), aandelig udvikling (intellectual development, mental growth). (various references)

Dutch

intellectueel. (various references)

Esperanto

intelektulo, intelekta. (various references)

Farsi 

فکری (Cerebral, Mental, Notion, Reflective), عقلانی (Rational), ذهنی (Intrinsic, Psychic, Subjective), خردمند (Wise), روشنفکر (Highbrow, Liberal). (various references)

Finnish

henkinen (mental), älyperäinen, älyniekka (high-brow, wit), älyllinen. (various references)

French

intellectuel. (various references)

German

geistig (academic, mental, mentally, spiritual, spiritually, spirituous), intellektuelle (egghead, highbrow), intellektuell (academic, highbrow, intellectually, spiritual). (various references)

Greek 

νοερόσ (mental), πνευματικός (mental, spiritual), διανοητικόσ (mental), διανοητικός, διανοούμενοσ (egghead, highbrow), διανοούμενος. (various references)

Hebrew 

משכיל (cultured, enlightened, erudite, intelligent), תבונתי (rational, reasonable), שכלי (logical, mental, moral, rational), איש רוח, אינטלקטואלי (highbrow). (various references)

Hungarian

szellemi (mental, noetic, otherworldly, pneumatic, psychic, spiritual), észbeli (mental), értelmiségi (white collar, white collar worker). (various references)

Indonesian

terpelajar (erudite, learned, learner), cendekiawan (the educated). (various references)

Italian

intellettuale (bluestocking, egghead, highbrow). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

知的 , 知性的 , 理知的 , インダス文明 (egghead, inch, India paper, Indian, Indian jewellry, Indian summer, Indiana, Indianapolis 500-mile race, Induscivilization, integer, integrate, integrated, integration, Intel, intelligence, intelligence service, intelligence test, intelligent, intelligent building, intelligent city, intelligent terminal, intelligentsia, Intelsat, intensity, intensive, intentional, interactive, interior, interior adviser, interior coordinator, interior craft, interior design, interior designer, interline leads, International Telecommunications Satellite Organization, Inturist, pornographic videos), 主知的 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

しゅちてき, りちてき, インテルクチュアル , ちせいてき, ちてき. (various references)

Korean 

지적인. (various references)

Manx

toiggaltagh (knowing, person that understands, understanding), lught yn tushtey (intelligentsia). (various references)

Norwegian

intellektuell (highbrow), forstandsmessig. (various references)

Papiamen

intelektual. (various references)

Pig Latin

intellectualay.(various references)

Portuguese

intelectual (abstract, cogitative, highbrow, mental, noetic, notional, scholar). (various references)

Romanian

intelectualitate (intelligentsia), intelectual (brain, high-brow, mental, moral, scholar, spiritual). (various references)

Russian 

творческий работник, мыслящий человек, мыслящий (cogitative, reasoning, reflective), интеллектуальный (intelligent, knowledge-based, long-haired, smart), интеллигент интеллектуальный, интеллигент (egghead, highbrow). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

intelektualan, intelektualac (egghead), umni (mental, noetic), razuman (intelligible, judicious, knowing, level headed, levelheaded, lucid, reasonable, reasonably, reasoned, reasoning, right-minded, sane, sensible), mentalni (mental). (various references)

Spanish

intelectual (egghead, highbrow). (various references)

Swedish

intellektuell (Bloomsbury, cerebral, highbrow, intellective, noetic). (various references)

Thai

เกี่ยวกับปัญญา, ผู้มีสติปัญญาสูง, ซึ่งมีสติปัญญา. (various references)

Turkish

zihinsel (mental), zeki (apt, as fresh as paint, astute, brainy, bright, brilliant, clear, clever, cute, discerning, ingenious, intelligent, keen, keen-witted, longheaded, luminous, neat, nifty, nimble-witted, penetrating, penetrative, perceptional, perspicacious, quick of comprehension, quick on the trigger, quick-witted, sapient, sharp, sharp-witted, shrewd, smart, sparkling, spiritual, subtile, subtle, understanding), entellektüel (egghead, intellectualist, long-haired, sophisticate, sophisticated), aydın kimse, aydın (cultured, educated, egghead, enlightened, informed, lettered, literate, long-haired, luminary, read, well informed, well read). (various references)

Turkmen 

akyldar. (various references)

Ukrainian

інтелігентний, інтелігент, інтелектуальний (noetic), мислячий (cogitative, intellective, reasoning, reflective, thinking). (various references)

Vietnamese 

người trí thức, người lao động trí óc, hiểu biết rộng; tài trí. (various references)

Welsh

meddyliol (mental), deallol. (various references)

caligine, caliginem, caliginis, caligo. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "intellectual": intellectualism, intellectualisms, intellectualist, intellectualistic, intellectualists, intellectualities, intellectuality, intellectualization, intellectualizations, intellectualize, intellectualized, intellectualizer, intellectualizers, intellectualizes, intellectualizing, intellectually, intellectualness, intellectualnesses, intellectuals. (additional references)

Words ending with "intellectual": hyperintellectual, nonintellectual, superintellectual, unintellectual. (additional references)

Words containing "intellectual": nonintellectuals, overintellectualization, overintellectualizations, overintellectualize, overintellectualized, overintellectualizes, overintellectualizing, superintellectuals. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Intellectual" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Antellectuel, intelectual, intellectua, intellec-tual, intellectuel, intellecual, intelletual, interlectual, intilectual, intillectual. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-3 letters: cellulite, intellect, lenticule.

-4 letters: anticult, cliental, clitella, lancelet, lenticel, nucleate, telltale, tenaille, tentacle, tunicate.

-5 letters: allelic, alunite, cauline, cellule, centile, cuittle, cuneate, cutline, entitle, eucaine, lattice, lettuce, leucine, leucite, licente, lineate, linecut, lunatic, lunette, nacelle, nictate, nucelli, nucleal, tactile, tetanic, tunicae, tunicle.

+1 letter: anticellulite, intellectuals.

+2 letters: intellectually, unintellectual.

+3 letters: intellectualism, intellectualist, intellectuality, intellectualize, nonintellectual.

+4 letters: intellectualisms, intellectualists, intellectualized, intellectualizer, intellectualizes, intellectualness, nonintellectuals.

+5 letters: hyperintellectual, intellectualistic, intellectualities, intellectualizers, intellectualizing, superintellectual.