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
  • My mother was hot and didactic.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Created by former Adventure Time staffer Rebecca Sugar, who drew from the works of Hayao Miyazaki to conceive it, the show’s lessons are simple but never didactic.
    Vulture Editors, Vulture, 23 July 2025
Adjective
  • Rice cleaners are pedantic and nitpicky.
    Aksha Mittapalli, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 June 2026
  • The problem with buying a striker from a team in Portugal is — to be a little pedantic — not that the Portuguese top flight is weak.
    Michael Cox, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Her work — rooted in teaching, scholastic research and mentoring — is continually focused on advancing social, racial and economic equity in secondary education classrooms.
    Larry D. Urish, Oc Register, 3 June 2026
  • When not identified early, this can potentially derail a student’s scholastic trajectory from the very first days of school.
    Sherri Helvie, New York Daily News, 19 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • While the early years saw one of TV’s best on-and-off romances between man-of-the-people Sam and snooty-pants (but sweet and sincere) Diane, played by the miraculous Shelley Long, the show didn’t miss a step when Diane split and Sam sold the bar to Kirstie Alley’s girlboss Rebecca.
    Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 8 June 2026
  • Particularly his wife, who’s in the running to join a snooty women’s club.
    Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 7 June 2026
Adjective
  • Many global rums are clean and light by design; Hampden’s are unabashedly expressive—ripe, high-toned, and unmistakable.
    Gina Pace, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Hytes, Season 13’s winner Symone, and Season 15’s Marcia Marcia Marcia, who is credited in the film by her real name Marty Lauter, play a trio of snobbish train attendants on the luxurious Glamazonian Hyper Speed Rail.
    Matthew Huff, IndieWire, 8 June 2026
  • Until the start of the seventies and especially throughout the fifties, Fiedler was discerning without being snobbish, avant-garde without being faddish.
    Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
Adjective
  • Newton reportedly stole a computer, and there were allegations of academic misconduct.
    Mac Engel June 15, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 June 2026
  • That letter has now been signed by about 100 cybersecurity professionals from companies including Nvidia, Adobe, Zoom, Google, Anaplan, and Sophos, as well as some academic cybersecurity researchers.
    Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 15 June 2026
Adjective
  • For all of Control Resonant's slick presentation, the boss fight, which was just a giant floating head, felt one-note, with simple attack patterns that didn't really seem as grandiose as the situation demanded.
    Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 8 June 2026
  • The phrase has its own meaning within Anne Rice’s lush, grandiose world of bloodsuckers and spell-casters as interpreted by creator and showrunner Rolin Jones.
    Alison Herman, Variety, 7 June 2026

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“Hyperintellectual.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hyperintellectual. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.

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