hyperintellectual

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Recent Examples of hyperintellectual Throughout, her sensitivity and emotional presence soften the hyperintellectual, almost academic quality of her writing. Tiana Reid, Vulture, 31 Aug. 2021
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Adjective
  • And the violent scenes aren’t grotesque or didactic — think of Miles’ muted trumpet sound reconfigured as resurrection visuals, of his ability to play and stage ballads so well that their uptempo momentum moves into territories too macabre to mute.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2026
  • If these scenes feel a bit didactic, hammering home everything from the shortage of nurses with SANE training to the dozens of regulations SANEs must follow to protect evidence, their lessons serve as a corrective for many of us who’ve absorbed decades’ worth of rape-as-entertainment.
    Judy Berman, Time, 27 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • They were organized and well led by guides who were always clearly spoken, professional, and responsive to questions (if sometimes a tad pedantic in their fact-sharing).
    Alex Postman, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Instead, Wallace made stuff like reading a lot and being pedantic about grammar seem somehow cool.
    John Semley, Wired News, 30 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • At the heart of this debate seems to be both a misunderstanding of the point of scholastic sports and a view, at least by some, that trans girls have an unfair physical advantage.
    Peter Jensen, Baltimore Sun, 21 Jan. 2026
  • In a white paper released in October, the committee recommends moving the men’s game, and perhaps the women’s, from the current fall-only schedule to one that covers the entire scholastic year and culminates in an April playoff festival.
    Luke Cyphers, Sportico.com, 12 Dec. 2025
Adjective
  • Her grandmother’s solution is to keep Jane out of sight and out of mind in an exclusive girls’ boarding school, together with her snooty white cousins.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Trading Places When snooty executive Louis Winthorpe III (Dan Aykroyd) and savvy street con man Billy Ray Valentine (Eddie Murphy) find their lives reversed as part of an expensive bet, hijinks arise — though not without dashes of controversial humor.
    Lydia Price, PEOPLE, 23 Dec. 2025
Adjective
  • The coastal Mediterranean meets West Indies vibe feels right at home in South Florida, and the refined yet relaxed decor is similarly suited to the locale’s high-toned but low-key environment.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 10 Dec. 2025
  • That’s just the latest accolade for the Yorba Linda municipal course that continually scores above its weight in a high-toned category.
    Greg Mellen, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • It’s been broadly debated whether the novel actually is a love story between the snobbish Cathy and the glowering Heathcliff.
    Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
  • These page-turning stories will put characters like Pride and Prejudice’s snobbish Caroline Bingley to the modern descendant of Sense and Sensibility’s Eliza Williams at center stage in elevated fan fiction for Janeites.
    Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 16 Dec. 2025
Adjective
  • For professionals who work with contracts, reports, invoices, or academic documents, PDF Agile consolidates essential PDF functions into a single lifetime license without ongoing subscription fees.
    StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 9 Mar. 2026
  • They are left scarred and live on quietly together as their academic careers fall apart.
    Meg Walters, Glamour, 9 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Ramon Ramirez Bloodsports This New York City band sings grandiose gutter rock that reminds you the human experience is suffering at every turn.
    Ramon Ramirez, Austin American Statesman, 11 Mar. 2026
  • With an accent as slippery as Parker’s intentions for his client, Hanks feels adrift in Baz Luhrmann’s grandiose biopic, swallowed up by the spectacle around him.
    New York Times, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2026

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“Hyperintellectual.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hyperintellectual. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.

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