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单词 over-intellectualize
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over-intellectualizev.

Brit. /ˌəʊv(ə)rᵻntᵻˈlɛktʃʊəlʌɪz/, /ˌəʊv(ə)rᵻntᵻˈlɛktʃ(ᵿ)lʌɪz/, /ˌəʊv(ə)rᵻntᵻˈlɛktjʊəlʌɪz/, /ˌəʊv(ə)rᵻntᵻˈlɛktjᵿlʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈˌoʊvərˌɪn(t)əˈlɛk(t)ʃ(əw)əˌlaɪz/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, intellectualize v.
Etymology: < over- prefix + intellectualize v., after over-intellectual adj.
transitive. To make too intellectual; to treat in an excessively rational, unspontaneous way.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > intellectual superiority > render intellectual [verb (transitive)] > excessively
over-intellectualize1901
1901 W. D. Howells Heroines of Fiction II. 45 The intuitions [of George Eliot] were sometimes over-intellectualized.
1933 A. N. Whitehead Adventures of Ideas iii. 53 Even here we must not over-intellectualize the various types of human experience.
2002 Arkansas Democrat-Gaz. (Nexis) 23 June e1 He is not one to over-intellectualize these kinds of things.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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