intellectnoun
uk/ˈɪn.təl.ekt/us/ˈɪn.t̬ə.ekt/C2 [ U ] the ability to understand and to think in an intelligent way:
Her energy and intellect are respected all over the world.
He is a man more noted for his intellect than his charm.
[ C ] formal a very educated person whose interests are studying and other activities that involve careful thinking
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Mind and personality
- (a) penny for your thoughts idiom
- -minded
- alter ego
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- beauty is only skin deep idiom
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- character
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- ego
- Jungian
- mental
- mental age
- mentality
- mindset
- penny
- quirk
- rational
- self
- spirit
- unconscious
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