Intellectual word meaning and definition

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Meaning and definition for "intellectual" word

[noun] a person who uses the mind creatively
[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"
[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"
[adjective] involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct; "a cerebral approach to the problem"; "cerebral drama"
[adjective] of or relating to the intellect; "his intellectual career"

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\In`tel*lec"tu*al\ (?; 135), a. [L. intellectualis: cf. F. 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 capacity for the higher forms of knowledge or thought; characterized by intelligence or mental capacity; as, an intellectual person. Who would lose, Though full of pain, this intellectual being, Those thoughts that wander through eternity? --Milton. 3. Suitable for exercising the intellect; formed by, and existing for, the intellect alone; perceived by the intellect; as, intellectual employments. 4. Relating to the understanding; treating of the mind; as, intellectual philosophy, sometimes called ``mental'' philosophy.
\In`tel*lec"tu*al\, n. 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.

Synonyms for intellectual

cerebral, good, highbrow, highbrowed, intellect, noetic, rational, reflective, serious, sophisticated

Antonyms: emotional, nonintellectual

Related terms: academic, affective, conceptive, experimental scientist, intellect, intellectualistic, internal, literati, lover of wisdom, man of wisdom, master, noological, psychic, psychological, rational, reasonable, savant, scholarly, spiritual, subjective, temperamental, thinking

The fun area, different aproach to word »intellectual«

Let's analyse "intellectual" as pure text. This string has Twelve letters in Five syllables and Five vowels. 41.7% of vowels is 3.1% more then average English word. Written in backwards: LAUTCELLETNI. Average typing speed for these characters is 3315 milliseconds. [info]

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Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: intellectual: 9 + 5 + 5 + 3 + 1 = 23, reduced: 5 . and the final result is Five.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: intellectual: 9 + 5 + 2 + 5 + 3 + 3 + 5 + 3 + 2 + 3 + 1 + 3 = 44, reduced: 8, and the final result is Eight.

Tarot cards

Letter	Num.	Tarot c.	Meaning
A (1)	1	Magician	Creative, Inventive, Intuitive
C (1)	3	Empress	Patient, Willful, Strong, Giving
E (2)	5	Hierophant	Wise, Crafty, Daring, Inventive
I (1)	9	Hermit	Independent, Researcher, Intell,igent
L (3)	12	Hanged Man	Leader, Teacher, Healer, Decisive
N (1)	14	Temperance	Healer, Wise, Survivor, Crafty
T (2)	20	Judgement	Unswerving, Steadfast, Demanding, Forceful
U (1)	21	World	Gifted, Generous, Bountiful

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