intellectualnessn.
/ˌɪntᵻˈlɛktʃʊəlnᵻs/, /ˌɪntᵻˈlɛktʃ(ᵿ)lnᵻs/, /ˌɪntᵻˈlɛktjʊəlnᵻs/, /ˌɪntᵻˈlɛktjᵿlnᵻs/, U.S. /ˌɪn(t)əˈlɛk(t)ʃ(əw)əlnᵻs/ The quality or character of being intellectual; intellectuality.
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the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > intellectual superiority > [noun]
intellectualityc1465
intellectualness1667
highbrowism1908
1667 J. Sergeant Faith Vindicated 126 Truths then being bastard, illegitimate and monstrous, both the Intellectualness and Supernaturalness of that Virtue call'd Faith, make it scorn to own such defective Productions.
1852 R. W. Emerson in M. F. Ossoli Memoirs iv. 316 Her heart was underneath her intellectualness, her mind was reverent, her spirit devout.
1854 H. D. Thoreau Walden 16 Is it impossible to combine the hardiness of these savages with the intellectualness of the civilized man?
1908 M. Moore Let. 17 May in Sel. Lett. (1997) 49 Again, I think my kind of intellectual-ness bores her.
1957 J. Kerouac Let. 24 May in Sel. Lett. 1957–69 (1999) 36 He also accuses sublime Burroughs of writing about ‘tired old faggots’ and doesnt [sic] seem to dig him..well, as I say, intellectualness doesnt [sic] make a wise man.
2001 Washington Times (Nexis) 7 Jan. b6 Intellectualness aside, these stories dazzle because of the simplicity of their structures, and the economy and precision of their language.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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