intellectualism

Noun

Meaning

Intellectual power; intellectuality.

The doctrine that knowledge is derived from pure reason.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

culture sense calibre capacity scholarship conception comprehension intellect caliber humanism mentality rationalism apprehension calibrate erudition
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Antonyms

ignorance madness misunderstanding insanity paranoia folly
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Related terms

intellectualist

Examples

Give me rampant intellectualism as a coping mechanism. Chuck Palahniuk

Give me lust, baby. Flash. Give me malice. Flash. Give me detached existentialist ennui. Flash. Give me rampant intellectualism as a coping mechanism. Flash. Chuck Palahniuk

Intellectualism came very late to America. That's why Americans are so proud of it. I found very few real intellectuals in America. But there are so many pseudo-intellectuals. Douglas Sirk

Intellectualism is not taught in school. Jules de Gaultier

I think it is important for readers to know that it is possible to bring intellectualism and idealism to the White House and still be political enough to advance an agenda. A. Scott Berg

He is well known for his intellectualism, the development of social teachings with his famous papal encyclical Rerum novarum and his attempts to define the position of the Catholic Church with regard to modern thinking. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

intellectualisation intellectualise intellectualish intellectualist intellectualistic intellectualistically