Intellect
['ɪntəlekt] or ['ɪntəlɛkt]
Definition
(n.) The part or faculty of the human soul by which it knows, as distinguished from the power to feel and to will; sometimes, the capacity for higher forms of knowledge, as distinguished from the power to perceive objects in their relations; the power to judge and comprehend; the thinking faculty; the understanding.
Checker: Uriah
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Understanding, reason, mind, sense, brains, thinking principle, reasoning faculty, rational faculty, discursive faculty, intellectual powers, intellectual faculties.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Understanding, mind, reason, instinct, consciousness, sense, brains, ability,talent, genius
ANT:Matter, mechanism, organization, force, growth, propension, passion
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Definition
n. the mind in reference to its rational powers: the thinking principle: (pl. coll.) senses.—adj. In′tellected (Cowper) endowed with intellect.—n. Intellec′tion the act of understanding: (philos.) apprehension or perception.—adjs. Intellect′ive able to understand: produced or perceived by the understanding; Intellect′ual of or relating to the intellect: perceived or performed by the intellect: having the power of understanding.—n. mental power.—v.t. Intellect′ualise to reason intellectually: to endow with intellect: to give an intellectual character to.—ns. Intellect′ualism the doctrine which derives all knowledge from pure reason: the culture of the intellect; Intellect′ualist; Intellectual′ity intellectual power.—adv. Intellect′ually.
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Examples
- The doctor may have been wrong when he discovered the child's defects of intellect, and predicted that she would 'grow out of them. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I replied it was not the stature, but the intellect was too lofty. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Nothing is in the intellect which was not previously in the senses. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- They gave capitalism the sanction of the intellect. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Among the vertebrata the degree of intellect and an approach in structure to man clearly come into play. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Nobody has the honour, the intellect, the power you demand in your adviser. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Diminutive, whispered Miss Flite, making a variety of motions about her own forehead to express intellect in Charley. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- His was a great systematizing intellect, which has left its imprint on nearly every department of knowledge. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Miss Helstone was the choice of her affection and intellect; the Misses Pearson, Sykes, Wynne, etc. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He is a benevolent fellow, and has, besides, an intellect of his own of no trifling calibre. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- But no one knows the resources of that man's intellect, except myself! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The human intellect cannot rest till law gives form to the wild chaos of fact. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Let the heavens alone, and exert the intellect. Plato. The Republic.
- Mr. Raffles ended with a jocose snuffle: no man felt his intellect more superior to religious cant. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- This is what one may call the na?veté of the intellect. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- And yet some of the brightest intellects of the century have been engaged in devising means to accomplish the result, and all are not yet agreed as to which is the best way. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Many of us are ready to grant that in the past men's motives were deeper than their intellects: we forgive them with a kind of self-righteousness which says that they knew not what they did. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- He is a brilliant fellow when he chooses to work--one of the brightest intellects of the university; but he is wayward, dissipated, and unprincipled. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- She has been domineered over hitherto by vulgar intellects. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- It was by no means his daughter's wish that the intellects of Highbury in general should be put under requisition. Jane Austen. Emma.
- It is a great question whether our intellects can grasp the subject. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- His quickness and versatility made him sought after by the best intellects of Europe. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- But Mr. Elton had only drunk wine enough to elevate his spirits, not at all to confuse his intellects. Jane Austen. Emma.
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