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Intellectual
Intellectual 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.
Intellectual
Intellectual 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.
Meaning of INTELLECTUAL from wikipedia
- An
intellectual is a
person who
engages in
critical thinking, research, and
reflection about the
reality of society, and who
proposes solutions for its...
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Intellectual property (IP) is a
category of
property that
includes intangible creations of the
human intellect.
There are many
types of
intellectual property...
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Intellectual disability (ID), also
known as
general learning disability (in the
United Kingdom), and
formerly mental ****ation (in the
United States)...
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Intellectual giftedness is an
intellectual ability significantly higher than average. It is a
characteristic of children,
variously defined, that motivates...
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Intellectualism is the
mental perspective that
emphasizes the use, development, and
exercise of the intellect, and is
identified with the life of the...
- In psychology,
intellectualization (intellectualisation) is a
defense mechanism by
which reasoning is used to
block confrontation with an unconscious...
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limited or
impaired intellectual functioning characterizes intellectual disabilities.
Ageing has been
shown to
cause a
decline in
intellectual functioning. Human...
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Intellectual history (also the
history of ideas) is the
study of the
history of
human thought and of
intellectuals,
people who conceptualize, discuss,...
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intellectual property (IP)
infringement is the
infringement or
violation of an
intellectual property right.
There are
several types of
intellectual property...
- The
Agreement on Trade-Related
Aspects of
Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) is an
international legal agreement between all the
member nations of the...
