as in intellectual
a person with strong intellectual interests
double-domes in the scientific community probably understand it—but the rest of us don't
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intellectual
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The 20th-century German-Jewish political philosopher escaped the Nazi Holocaust, and won regard as one of the world’s greatest public intellectuals at a time when few women were appointed to university faculties.—
Kim Samuel,
Scientific American,
16 May 2025 -
As Chu sees it, intellectuals have confused the state’s real obligation to be neutral—to not arrest or deport people for their political speech—with a critic’s imaginary obligation to pretend art is politically neutral.—
S. C. Cornell,
New Yorker,
2 May 2025
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“Double-dome.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/double-dome. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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