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intellectual
adjective
noun
Appealing to or using the intellect
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ˌɪntəˈlɛk(t)ʃʊəl
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adjective
Appealing to or using the intellect
“Satire is an intellectual weapon”
adjective
Of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind
“Intellectual problems”
adjective
Involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct
“A cerebral approach to the problem”
noun
A person who uses the mind creatively
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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 problems
The triumph of the rational over the animal side of man
A cerebral approach to the problem
Cerebral drama
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