intellectualism

noun

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as in education

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Recent Examples of intellectualism Jil Sander, with sophistication and new intellectualism, is one of the best collections of this season. — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 2 Mar. 2026 In the same way, a Shakespeare and Company tote bag signals intellectualism, while the New Yorker tote bag communicates cultural sophistication. — Kian Bakhtiari, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026 Its popularity is improbable by virtue of its unapologetic intellectualism, increasingly alien in a highly anti-intellectual era. — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 15 Jan. 2026 Also, Dustin’s girlfriend is at his level and an equal, a testimony to his airy intellectualism. — Lisa Stardust, PEOPLE, 26 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for intellectualism
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  1. education
  2. erudition
  3. learning
  4. scholarship
  5. literacy
  6. knowledge
  7. culture
  8. civilization
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  • Some factors outside of districts’ control, such as the declining birth rate and competition with the private sector, could be contributing to this trend, according to local and state education leaders.
    — Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 July 2026
  • Villalobos’ career spans thirty years in the school district with a brief interlude in the private sector, working for education technology companies.
    — Austin Horn July 30, Miami Herald, 30 July 2026
Definition of education
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  • Longworth’s deep research, erudition, and spectacularly precise elocution have made the now-indie podcast essential storytelling for cinephiles.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 23 July 2026
  • The acclaimed author of The Invention of Nature, Andrea Wulf brings erudition and flair to Forster’s peripatetic career as teenaged crewman on Captain Cook’s global voyage.
    — Hamilton Cain, Time, 7 July 2026
Definition of erudition
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  • Possible inspiration can come from medical training processes, where patient rounds with practicing physicians enable learning of judgement.
    — Nisha Talagala, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • OpenAI faces significant pressure to do so from security researchers, executives, and, well, just about everyone in the AI industry to share learnings and ensure the proper guardrails are in place going forward.
    — Emily Forlini, Fortune, 29 July 2026
Definition of learning
Noun
  • As a child, Moore envisioned a career in medicine and later attended Alcorn State University on a band scholarship to study percussion.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Just this past graduation class earned $616 million in scholarships.
    — Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of scholarship
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  • Academic difficulties are less likely to involve basic literacy than sustained effort, organization, work completion, and mathematics.
    — Scott White, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • In recent news, Sean Pouche voted in support of silently cutting Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, where 169,032 Missouri kids as of March were supported in early literacy.
    — Sophie Lindberg July 27, Kansas City Star, 27 July 2026
Definition of literacy
Noun
  • Imhauser, while involved heavily in town activities, doesn’t really have the knowledge to say whether the state fair could ever leave Sedalia.
    — Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 26 July 2026
  • Supporters, including the League of United Latin American Citizens, said the bill would especially help the families of veterans, farmworkers and immigrants because those groups are more likely to die without their relatives’ knowledge.
    — Alula Alderson, Sacbee.com, 26 July 2026
Definition of knowledge
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  • Creator culture can imitate the feeling of belonging without creating the lasting structure of belonging.
    — Belonging Forum, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • At Fanatics Fest, Dart said his new coach has had a profound impact on the team’s culture.
    — Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 22 July 2026
Definition of culture
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  • The finding also suggests the civilization would have spanned 183,000 square kilometers (70,657 square miles), an area about the size of North Dakota.
    — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 29 July 2026
  • But more specifically, Nolan’s adaptation of Homer’s poem pinpoints how pervasively violence against women is a part of civilization’s moral decay.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 29 July 2026
Definition of civilization

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