Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who intellectualizes; a devotee of the intellect or understanding; one who believes or holds that all knowledge is derived from pure reason.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare One who overrates the importance of the understanding.
- noun One who accepts the doctrine of intellectualism.
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- noun An
adherent of one of the forms ofintellectualism .
Etymologies
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Examples
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We may note at once, however, that it is not an 'intellectualist' ideal.
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Boys who have been brought up in an "intellectualist" atmosphere, and those alone, are sent there; and even if there were no schools to which they could be sent, home influence would turn them out intellectualists still.
The School and the World Victor Gollancz 1930
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'intellectualist' assumption, 'that every human action is the result of an intellectual process, by which a man first thinks of some end which he desires, and then calculates the means by which that end can be attained' (p. 21).
Human Nature in Politics Third Edition Graham Wallas 1895
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'intellectualist' fallacy which is illustrated by my quotation from
Human Nature in Politics Third Edition Graham Wallas 1895
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"intellectualist" claim that puts too much emphasis on knowledge versus ignorance, while neglecting the role of passions, and, more importantly, the fact that reason itself can have a corrupt goal.
Jacob T. Levy 2008
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It sounded a little dry for my liking — I was kind of imagining the sort of intellectualist discourse that made the Mundane SF movement sound awfully stuffy, with their pshawing at pulp “follies”.
Ethics and Enthusiasm Hal Duncan 2009
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In our time, some religious folks have chosen a distinctly anti-intellectualist route.
Matt J. Rossano: Augustine of Hippo: A Role Model for Intelligent Faith 2010
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In our time, some religious folks have chosen a distinctly anti-intellectualist route.
Matt J. Rossano: Augustine of Hippo: A Role Model for Intelligent Faith 2010
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They may well expect those critics and academics to not "get it", because they recognise all too well the ivory towers are full to the rafters with intellectualist horseshit.
More Aesthetics Hal Duncan 2007
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Your missing term is “intellectualist”, by the way.
Notes from New Sodom: Down in the Ghetto at the SF Café 2009
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