the protection of 'intellectual property' rights [=the rights of a person who has thought of or invented something that other people want to use, profit from, etc.]
the library's commitment to 'intellectual freedom' [=freedom that allows people to think about or study what they want]
He thinks that he's an 'intellectual', but he doesn't know what he's talking about.
(..) - Kurt. - Okay. I understand your impulse to try to physically intimidate me. I mean, you can't compete with me on an intellectual level so you're driven to animalistic puffery. You calling me a puffy animal? Of course not. No, he's not. You're not, right, Leonard? No, I said "animalistic." (..)2007 TvShow: The Big Bang Theory Title: The Middle Earth Paradigm Season: 1 Episode 6