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intellectual
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intellectual
adj.
of or pertaining to the mind or intellect, mental, rational; highly intelligent, brilliant; devoted to mental or intellectual pursuits, academic
n.
highly intelligent person; person engaged in intellectual pursuits, academic
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Intellectual
An intellectual is a person who engages in critical study, thought, and reflection about the reality of society, and proposes solutions for the normative problems of that society, and, by such discourse in the public sphere, he or she gains authority within the public opinion. Coming from the world of culture, either as a creator or as a mediator, the intellectual participates in politics, either to defend a concrete proposition or to denounce an injustice, usually by producing or by extending an ideology, and by defending a system of values.
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intellectual
Noun
1. a person who uses the mind creatively
(synonym) intellect
(hypernym) person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul
(hyponym) anomalist
Adjective
1. of or relating to the intellect; "his intellectual career"
(pertainym) mind, intellect
2. of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind; "intellectual problems"; "the triumph of the rational over the animal side of man"
(synonym) rational, noetic
(similar) mental
3. appealing to or using the intellect; "satire is an intellectual weapon"; "intellectual workers engaged in creative literary or artistic or scientific labor"; "has tremendous intellectual sympathy for oppressed people"; "coldly intellectual"; "sort of the intellectual type"; "intellectual literature"
(antonym) nonintellectual
(similar) highbrow, highbrowed
(see-also) educated
(attribute) mind, intellect
4. involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct; "a cerebral approach to the problem"; "cerebral drama"
(synonym) cerebral
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intellectual
příd.jm.
rozumový; intelektuální
n.
intelektuál/-ka
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intellectual
Przym.
umysłowy; intelektualny
Rzecz.
intelektualista, intelektualistka; inteligent, inteligentka
