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
  • Such subtlety may not necessarily be what readers—perhaps American readers, in particular—expect from political fiction, which can have a reputation for being didactic and heavy-handed, designed to beat readers over the head, as if anything political were made in the mode of Soviet realism.
    Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Curiosity is almost a like a science, didactic and patient.
    Alexandra Bregman, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Instead of focusing on the defense industrial base, the upcoming national defense strategy, or preparing to face threats across the Indo-Pacific and Europe, Hegseth talked about fitness tests and haircuts, coming across as pedantic for a room of seasoned commanders, the staffer said.
    Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Greengrass uses the scene where the bus becomes stationary as an example of conveying feelings without being pedantic.
    Tomris Laffly, Time, 6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
  • Chiefs fans likely will remember Aikman’s snooty social-media message, which was shared exactly six years ago Tuesday.
    Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Dismissed by the snooty London music industry in the early 2000s because of their accents, the pair reinvented themselves as Silibil N’ Brains, anarchic hard-partying MCs from the U.S. West Coast (and not, in fact, from Dundee).
    Alex Ritman, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • For true scholastic style, pair it with penny loafers or Mary Janes.
    Francesca Krempa, Travel + Leisure, 15 Sep. 2025
  • His family wasn’t shy about shouting out his scholastic achievements on social media.
    Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The episode was about a fake Lord trying to check in to a seedy seaside hotel, and the snobbish Cleese character who runs the place gets fooled by him.
    Jonathan Margolis, Air Mail, 20 Sep. 2025
  • An unusual - and slightly snobbish - pairing?
    Elisabetta Tosi, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • While the exact date of the ownership change is still unknown, operations will shift under the United Community Center — including a new age cap of 3 years for on-campus care and a schedule that no longer aligns with Alverno’s academic breaks.
    Gina Lee Castro, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Verbatim bell hooks Writer and academic, teacher and activist.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • But his apparent attempts to resolve his past misdeeds with grandiose discoveries might well have been an attempt to cope with trauma.
    Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Government buildings in Moscow and grandiose Ministry of Defense infrastructure could become open targets.
    Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025

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“Hyperintellectual.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hyperintellectual. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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