as in intellectual
much given to learning and thinking
while living in Paris she fell in with a coterie of self-consciously arty, intellectualistic bohemians
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Adjective
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The trio, and others in their intellectual circle, share a few radical views.—
Emma Green,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2026 -
There are moments when the book, in defending Giacometti, seems to overburden his oeuvre with an exponential set of aesthetic, intellectual, and political problems, from resolving the tensions between modernism and the avant-garde to a singular working through of national trauma.—
Ara H. Merjian,
ARTnews.com,
16 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The generic version is still available to cerebral folate deficiency patients, the FDA said.—
Bloomberg News,
Boston Herald,
13 Apr. 2026
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The third member of the group’s rap line, the cerebral, mysteriously charismatic Suga, isn’t sure there was ever a question.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
13 Apr. 2026
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“Intellectualistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intellectualistic. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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