intellectualizeverb [ I or T ]
UK usually intellectualise uk/ˌɪn.təlˈek.tʃu.ə.laɪz/us/ˌɪn.t̬əlˈek.tʃu.ə.laɪz/to think about or discuss a subject in a detailed and intellectual way, without involving your emotions or feelings:
She couldn't stand all that pointless intellectualizing about subjects that just didn't matter.
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Logic and reason
- a priori
- cerebral
- clear head
- clearly
- coherent
- conceptual
- inductive
- intellectual
- lateral thinking
- logic
- logical
- positivism
- positivist
- premise
- QED
- rational
- reasoning
- solipsism
- sophism
- sophistry
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intellectualism
noun [ U ] uk/ˌɪn.təlˈek.tʃu.ə.lɪ.zəm/us/ˌɪn.t̬əlˈek.tʃu.ə.lɪ.zəm/usually disapproving