intellect

in·tel·lect  (ntl-kt)

n.

1.

a. The ability to learn and reason; the capacity for knowledge and understanding.

b. The ability to think abstractly or profoundly. See Synonyms at mind.

2. A person of great intellectual ability.

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[Middle English, from Old French intellecte, from Latin intellctus, perception, from past participle of intellegere, to perceive; see intelligent.]

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intellect [ˈɪntɪˌlɛkt]

n

1. (Psychology) the capacity for understanding, thinking, and reasoning, as distinct from feeling or wishing

2. a mind or intelligence, esp a brilliant one his intellect is wasted on that job

3. Informal a person possessing a brilliant mind; brain

4. those possessing the greatest mental power the intellect of a nation

[from Latin intellectus comprehension, intellect, from intellegere to understand; see intelligence]

intellective  adj

intellectively  adv

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intellect

• heart - As the seat of feeling and intellect, heart has been used since around 825.
• intellect, intelligent - Intellect and intelligent come from Latin intelligere, "perceive" or "understand."
• intelligible - Means "understandable through the intellect."
• inwit - Usually means "an inner sense of right or wrong," but its more general meaning is "reason, intellect, understanding, or wisdom."

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	intellect - knowledge and intellectual ability; "he reads to improve his mind"; "he has a keen intellect" mind intelligence - the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience
	2.	intellect - the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination; "we are told that man is endowed with reason and capable of distinguishing good from evil" reason, understanding faculty, mental faculty, module - one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind
	3.	intellect - a person who uses the mind creatively intellectual individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do" anomalist - someone who has a special interest in exceptional cases exponent - someone who expounds and interprets or explains alchemist - one who was versed in the practice of alchemy and who sought an elixir of life and a panacea and an alkahest and the philosopher's stone aphorist - someone who formulates aphorisms or who repeats aphorisms bel esprit - a witty or clever person with a fine mind clever clogs, clever Dick - an intellectual who is ostentatiously and irritatingly knowledgeable decipherer, decoder - the kind of intellectual who converts messages from a code to plain text egghead - an intellectual; a very studious and academic person; "in spite of her love of reading she denied being an egghead" expositor, expounder - a person who explains brainiac, genius, mastermind, Einstein, brain - someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality; "Mozart was a child genius"; "he's smart but he's no Einstein" highbrow - a person of intellectual or erudite tastes mentor, wise man - a wise and trusted guide and advisor bookman, scholar, scholarly person, student - a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines doubter, sceptic, skeptic - someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs specifier - someone who draws up specifications giving details (as for obtaining a patent) subjectivist - a person who subscribes to subjectivism synthesiser, synthesist, synthesizer - an intellectual who synthesizes or uses synthetic methods idealogue, theoretician, theoriser, theorist, theorizer - someone who theorizes (especially in science or art) creative thinker, thinker, mind - an important intellectual; "the great minds of the 17th century" thinker - someone who exercises the mind (usually in an effort to reach a decision) illusionist, seer, visionary - a person with unusual powers of foresight wonderer - someone who is curious about something

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intellect

noun

1. intelligence, mind, reason, understanding, sense, brains (informal), judgment Do the emotions develop in parallel with the intellect?

2. (Informal) thinker, intellectual, genius, mind, brain (informal), intelligence, rocket scientist (informal, chiefly U.S.), egghead (informal) My boss isn't a great intellect.

Quotations
"We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality" [Albert Einstein Out of My Later Years]

Translations

intellect [ˈɪntɪlekt] N

1. (= reasoning power) → intelecto m, inteligencia f

2. (= person) → cerebro m

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intellect [ˈɪntɪlɛkt] n

(= thinking powers) → intellect m

(= cleverness) → intellect m, intelligence f
a woman of keen intellect → une femme d'une vive intelligence

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intellect

n

→ Intellekt m; a man of keen intellect → ein Mensch m → mit einem scharfen Intellekt; his powers of intellect → seine intellektuellen Fähigkeiten

(= person) → großer Geist

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intellect [ˈɪntɪlɛkt] n → intelletto

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intellect

n intellect [ˈintilekt]

the thinking power of the mind He was a person of great intellect. intellek عَقْل، فِكْر، القُوَّه العَقْلِيَّه интелект intelekt intellekt der Verstand διάνοια intelecto aru قدرت تفکر äly intelligence שֵׂכֶל प्रज्ञा razum értelem kecerdasan vitsmunir; gáfur intelletto 知性 지성 intelektas intelekts; prāts intelek intellect forstand, intellekt intelekt intelecto intelect, inteligenţă интеллект intelekt razum intelekt intellekt ปัญญา akıl, zihin 智力 інтелект, розум قوت استدلال trí tuệ 智力

adj intelˈlectual [-ˈlektʃuəl]

of, or appealing to, the intellect He does not play football – his interests are mainly intellectual. intellektueel عَقْلي، ذِهْني интелектуален intelektuální intellektuel geistig πνευματικός, διανοητικός intelectual intellektuaalne فکری älyllinen intellectuel שִׂכלִי बुद्धिगत, प्रज्ञावान intelektualni intellektuális intelektual vitsmunalegur, andlegur intellettuale 知的な 지적인 intelektualinis, protinis intelektuāls; prāta- intelektual intellectueel åndelig, intellektuell intelektualny intelectual inte­lec­tual интеллектуальный intelektuálny umski intelektualan intellektuell ซึ่งมีสติปัญญา akla dayanan, zihinsel 智力的 інтелектуальний, розумовий ذہنی thuộc trí tuệ 智力的