intellectualize

verb
in·​tel·​lec·​tu·​al·​ize | \ ˌin-tə-ˈlek-chə-wə-ˌlīz How to pronounce intellectualize (audio) , -chə-ˌlīz, -shwə-ˌlīz, -chü(-ə)-ˌlīz\
intellectualized; intellectualizing

Definition of intellectualize

transitive verb

: to give rational form or content to

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Other Words from intellectualize

intellectualization \ ˌin-​tə-​ˌlek-​chə-​wə-​lə-​ˈzā-​shən How to pronounce intellectualization (audio) , -​chə-​lə-​ , -​shwə-​lə-​ , -​chü(-​ə)-​lə-​ \ noun
intellectualizer \ ˌin-​tə-​ˈlek-​chə-​wə-​ˌlī-​zər How to pronounce intellectualizer (audio) , -​chə-​ˌlī-​ , -​shwə-​ˌlī-​ , -​chü(-​ə)-​ˌlī-​ \ 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

First Known Use of intellectualize

circa 1792, in the meaning defined above

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intellectualize

transitive verb
in·​tel·​lec·​tu·​al·​ize
variants: or chiefly British intellectualise \ ˌint-​ᵊl-​ˈek-​chə(-​wə)-​ˌlīz, -​ˈeksh-​wə-​ 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 \ -​ˌek-​chə(-​wə)-​lə-​ˈzā-​shən How to pronounce intellectualisation (audio) \ noun