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Recent Examples of intellectualism
In the same way, a Shakespeare and Company tote bag signals intellectualism, while the New Yorker tote bag communicates cultural sophistication.
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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
Look, this isn’t a lament against intellectualism.
—Mara Reinstein, HollywoodReporter, 24 Nov. 2025
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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
Look, this isn’t a lament against intellectualism.
—Mara Reinstein, HollywoodReporter, 24 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for intellectualism
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The 40,000-square-foot facility will include a permanent exhibit gallery, rotating exhibit areas, a research library, flexible education rooms and an indoor/outdoor pavilion.—
Staff,
USA Today,
8 June 2026
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If so, their case goes before a multi-agency panel (called a Channel), chaired by the local authority and attended by social services, education and mental-health professionals, who agree on a support package.—
The Week UK,
TheWeek,
7 June 2026
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In sixteenth-century Italian pedante comedies, the Latin tutors—always the butt of the joke—are known more for the gaps in their knowledge than for their erudition.—
Clare Bucknell,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
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In her coda, Woo writes with great compassion and erudition about what can’t be found in archives, particularly the specifics of how Ellen Craft died.—
Nicholas Boggs,
The Atlantic,
22 Apr. 2026
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This includes my place not only as a writer—who like my grandfather had, is writing books, teaching college, and engaged in psychoanalytic thought—but also as a someone who has similarly dedicated her life to the pursuit of learning, understanding, and expression through language.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 June 2026
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Civil adoption can generate early data, operational learning and scale.—
Greg Ombach,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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The Top of the Rock’s scholarship fund, named for Gram, who spent more than 40 years as director of Top of the Rock Chorus, provides scholarships to women involved in music or vocal performance education.—
Eric E. Harrison,
Arkansas Online,
6 June 2026
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Some proceeds from the shop benefit Bridges, a nonprofit that helps fund scholarships for Francis Scott Key High School students.—
Wendy Weitzel,
Baltimore Sun,
5 June 2026
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This has always been worrisome, but is even more concerning these days when many students’ literacy levels and math abilities are faltering.—
Abby McCloskey,
Twin Cities,
4 June 2026
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Carrington said the nonprofit will offer an after-school program where children can play computer games, learn traffic safety and build financial literacy skills.—
Madeleine Wright,
CBS News,
3 June 2026
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That deep connection to the ocean goes back to the ancient Polynesians, who were the world’s first watermen, using their intimate knowledge of the ocean to navigate the Pacific, discovering Hawaii thousands of years ago.—
Arati Menon,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 June 2026
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An extension of their patio was built on our property without our knowledge and permission.—
Frankie McLister,
CBS News,
6 June 2026
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Those in search of connecting with local culture and exploring new neighborhoods might find more adventure at some other Caribbean islands.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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Over that same decade, the dialectic of populist and elite politics and culture also shaped planning for the 1976 Bicentennial celebration of the American Revolution, perhaps the farthest-reaching civic project ever attempted in the United States.—
Katy Siegel,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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If a president’s dire threats to annihilate a civilization can instantaneously go global, so too can videos of fans on their hands and knees, filling trash bags.—
Bobby Ghosh,
Time,
1 June 2026
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All of these works proffer visions of escape from civilization and thereby from maturity.—
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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“Intellectualism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intellectualism. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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