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intellectualism

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in·tel·lec·tu·al·ism  (ntl-kch--lzm)
n.
1. Exercise or application of the intellect.
2. Devotion to exercise or development of the intellect.
intel·lectu·al·ist n.
intel·lectu·al·istic adj.
intellectualism [ˌɪntɪˈlɛktʃʊəˌlɪzəm]
n
1. development and exercise of the intellect
2. the placing of excessive value on the intellect, esp with disregard for the emotions
3. (Philosophy) Philosophy
a.  the doctrine that reason is the ultimate criterion of knowledge
b.  the doctrine that deliberate action is consequent on a process of conscious or subconscious reasoning
intellectualist  n & adj
intellectualistic  adj
intellectualistically  adv
intellectualism
1. the exercise of the intellect.
2. a devotion to intellectual activities.
3. an excessive emphasis on intellect and a resulting neglect of emotion. — intellectualistic, adj.
See also: Knowledge
Translations
intellectualism
n → Intellektualismus m


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I don't think much of you yet--I wish I could--though you do go talking and lecturing up and down the country to crowded audiences, and are busy with all sorts of philanthropic intellectualism, and circulating libraries and museums, and Heaven only knows what besides, and try to make us think, through newspaper reports, that you are, even as we, of the working classes.
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