Choose the perfect synonym or antonym for the word A term describing a person or activities that involve deep thinking and reasoning, often related to mental activities requiring advanced knowledge or education.
Intellectual
/ˌɪntəˈlɛkʧuəl/Synonyms:
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Examples:
As yet, Cowperwood's judgment of women was temperamental rather than intellectual.
No time for the intellectual embryos, I'm afraid.
Some of these possessions were perhaps intellectual.
Etymology:
The word intellectual comes from the Latin intellectualis, deriving from intellectus, meaning understanding or perception, which is related to intelligere, meaning to understand.
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