intellection

in·tel·lec·tion

noun \ˌin-tə-ˈlek-shən\

Definition of INTELLECTION

1

: an act of the intellect : thought

2

: exercise of the intellect : reasoning

Examples of INTELLECTION

1. <notebooks filled with his intellections on an amazing array of topics>
2. <ever since Decartes famously declared, “I think, therefore I am,” people have tended to regard acts of conscious intellection as proof of their own existence>

First Known Use of INTELLECTION

1579

Related to INTELLECTION

Synonyms: abstraction, cogitation, concept, conception, image, impression, idea, mind's eye, notion, picture, thought

Related Words: apprehension, premonition, presentiment; preconception, prejudice, prepossession; chimera, delusion, hallucination, illusion, phantasm (also fantasm); caprice, conceit, fancy, freak, kink, vagary, whim; cognition, observation, perception, reflection; assumption, belief, conclusion, conviction; conjecture, guess, hunch, hypothesis, speculation, supposition, surmise, theory; brainchild, brainstorm, brain wave, inspiration

Near Antonyms: actuality, fact, reality

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Rhymes with INTELLECTION

by-election, circumspection, conic section, disaffection, disconnection, disinfection, fuel injection, genuflection, golden section, imperfection, indirection, insurrection, interjection, intersection, introjection, introspection, kin selection, misdirection, predilection, preselection, recollection, redirection, reelection, reinfection, resurrection, retroflexion, retrospection, self-reflection, stage direction, vivisection, yeast infection