intellectual

Definition

  • adjective: of or relating to the ability to think in a logical way
  • adjective: of or relating to the 'intellect' or its use
  • synonyms: mental, highbrowed, rational

Examples

  • 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.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) And you don't have a traditional Jewish head. You're stupid! Then there was the middle sister, Evelyn, the school teacher, married to Leonard, the intellectual, the professor, the Communist. Religion is the opium of the people. A ponderer of big questions. A mensch. (..)
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