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intellectualize

verb
in路​tel路​lec路​tu路​al路​ize | \ 藢in-t蓹-藞lek-ch蓹-w蓹-藢l墨z How to pronounce intellectualize (audio) , -ch蓹-藢l墨z, -shw蓹-藢l墨z, -ch眉(-蓹)-藢l墨z\
intellectualized; intellectualizing

Definition of intellectualize

transitive verb

: to give rational form or content to

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Other Words from intellectualize

intellectualization \ 藢in-​t蓹-​藢lek-​ch蓹-​w蓹-​l蓹-​藞z膩-​sh蓹n How to pronounce intellectualization (audio) , -​ch蓹-​l蓹-​ , -​shw蓹-​l蓹-​ , -​ch眉(-​蓹)-​l蓹-​ \ noun
intellectualizer \ 藢in-​t蓹-​藞lek-​ch蓹-​w蓹-​藢l墨-​z蓹r How to pronounce intellectualizer (audio) , -​ch蓹-​藢l墨-​ , -​shw蓹-​藢l墨-​ , -​ch眉(-​蓹)-​藢l墨-​ \ noun

Examples of intellectualize in a Sentence

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Feelings are hard to localize, to intellectualize, and thus to critique. Sarah M. Broom, The New Yorker, "Who Stays Gone, and Who Can Afford to Return," 12 Aug. 2019

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First Known Use of intellectualize

circa 1792, in the meaning defined above

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intellectualize

transitive verb
in路​tel路​lec路​tu路​al路​ize
variants: or chiefly British intellectualise \ 藢int-​岬妉-​藞ek-​ch蓹(-​w蓹)-​藢l墨z, -​藞eksh-​w蓹-​ How to pronounce intellectualise (audio) \
intellectualized or chiefly British intellectualised; intellectualizing or chiefly British intellectualising

Medical Definition of intellectualize

1 : to give rational form or content to
2 : to avoid conscious recognition of the emotional basis of (an act or feeling) by substituting a superficially plausible explanation conflicts that are intellectualized— L. E. Hinsie

Other Words from intellectualize

intellectualization or chiefly British intellectualisation \ -​藢ek-​ch蓹(-​w蓹)-​l蓹-​藞z膩-​sh蓹n How to pronounce intellectualisation (audio) \ noun

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