intellectually
intellectual
noun[ C ]
uk /ˌɪn.təlˈek.tʃu.əl/ us /ˌɪn.t̬əlˈek.tʃu.əl/
C2
a very educated person who is interested in complicated ideas and enjoys studying and careful thinking: 知识分子，脑力劳动者
She was too much of an intellectual to find popular movies interesting.她太书卷气了，认为流行电影没什么意思。
She was part of a group of artists, poets, and intellectuals in Paris at the time.
He is considered one of the party's leading conservative intellectuals.
Many intellectuals and even ordinary citizens feel ashamed of what has happened in our country.
He is an intellectual who devours books, but not a natural public speaker.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Intelligent people
bluestocking
bookish
bookishly
bookworm
brain
bright spark
cerebral
gnome
intellect
laureate
longhair
mage
pretty
sage
scholar
smart cookie
smart-arse
swot
the intelligentsia
wit

intellectual | American Dictionary

intellectual
adjective
us/ˌɪnt·əlˈek·tʃu·əl/
relating to the ability to think and understand ideas at a high level, or involving ideas:
He was among the political and intellectual leaders of his time.
intellectual
noun[ C ]
us/ˌɪn·təlˈek·tʃu·əl/
a person whose life or work centers around the study or use of ideas, such as in teaching or writing

intellectual | Business English

intellectual
adjective
uk /ˌɪntəlˈektjuəl/us
relating to your ability to think and understand things, especially complicated ideas:
She takes an intellectual approach to decision-making, rather than just following her instincts.
I enjoy the intellectual challenge of the job.

Examples of intellectual

intellectual
If you need a written programme to undertake the intellectual 'decoding', the thing is surely already too far removed.
Intellectuals would have to be compared with social actors other than intellectuals and with non-intellectual modes of action (supposing these exist).
The intellectual context of what at this time was considered to be plausible and demonstrable is also significant.
Politics became inseparably entwined with cultural or intellectual debates from the onset.
By providing a historical, intellectual and cultural lineage, she is able to clarify contemporary debates about regulation and cultural authority.
I thus focus on the founding debates and situate these in the political and intellectual history of their times.
The coming of the rock critic did, however, serve to further legitimise popular music as an area of intellectual enquiry.
There would have to be reference to standards of significance that are pertinent beyond the domain of statements uttered by and about intellectuals.
What the findings demonstrate is that albinos have intellectual status well within the normal range.
Rather than writing "pure" intellectual history, these scholars seek to fuse the methods of intellectual, social, and political history.
The final jurisdiction over what an intellectual is resides in culture, which becomes almost coterminous with a singular public opinion.
It is thus that the experience of history exalts and enlarges the horizon of our intellectual view.
He enjoyed a party and always ensured that his conferences were as good on the social side as they were in purpose and intellectual content.
He defined intellectuals as members of the social group that, more than any other, is engaged in intellectual tasks, and endowed with intellectual skills.
Stringently enforced parameters on intellectual property are encoded into new formats and technologies, perpetuating the individuating characteristics of media marketing wherever possible.
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