intellectual

Definition

Pertaining to, or performed by, the intellect; mental or cognitive.

Etymology

From Old French intellectuel, from Latin intellectualis.

Example Sentences

• "intellectual powers, activities, etc."
• "1920, Harold Monro, Preface to The year's at the spring; an anthology of recent poetry Pleasure is various, but it cannot exist where the emotions or the imagination have not been powerfully stirred. Whether it be called sensual or intellectual, pleasure cannot be willed"
• "Indeed, this discovery of meaning in symbols may be the most astounding intellectual feat that any human being ever performs—and most humans perform it before they are seven years old!"

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