intellection
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noun \ˌin-tə-ˈlek-shən\Definition of INTELLECTION
2
: exercise of the intellect : reasoning
Examples of INTELLECTION
- <notebooks filled with his intellections on an amazing array of topics>
- <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
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
in·tel·lec·tion
noun \ˌint-əl-ˈek-shən\ (Medical Dictionary)Medical Definition of INTELLECTION
1
: exercise of the intellect
2
: a specific act of the intellect : idea
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