over-intellectualizationn.
/ˌəʊv(ə)rᵻntᵻˌlɛktʃʊəlʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, /ˌəʊv(ə)rᵻntᵻˌlɛktʃ(ᵿ)lʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, /ˌəʊv(ə)rᵻntᵻˌlɛktjʊəlʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, /ˌəʊv(ə)rᵻntᵻˌlɛktjᵿlʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˈˌoʊvərˌɪn(t)əˌlɛk(t)ʃ(əw)ələˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˈˌoʊvərˌɪn(t)əˌlɛk(t)ʃ(əw)əˌlaɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/ Excessive intellectualization; the treatment of matters in an excessively rational way.
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the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > intellectual superiority > [noun] > excessive
over-intellectualization1922
1922 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 27 684 Interest in outdoor sports; revival of folk songs and dances; dissatisfaction with overintellectualization, [etc.].
1948 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 78 41/1 So trenchant was the attack of Durkeim, Marett and others on the early anthropologists for over-intellectualization of religion, that emphasis has tended to be placed almost entirely on the elements of feeling and emotion in belief.
1992 C. P. Estés Women who run with Wolves i. 25 That sort of overintellectualization obscures the patterns of the Wild Woman.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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- have one's whack
- have one's wills
- have one's wits about one
- have one's work cut out
- have one's work cut out for one
- have one'the blood up
- have oneself
- have oneself something
- have open shot
- have or bear swinge
- have or get a crush on
- have or get a person set
- have or get one's gruel
- have or get one's sea legs on
- have or get one's sleep out
- have or get set
- have or get the gimmes
- have or give a list
- have or go in upon good cards
- have or hold a person suspect
- hawse-timber
- hawse-wood
- hawsebag
- hawseblock