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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Her wide-ranging symphony of essays on Black womanhood is a treat—incisive, intellectual, intimate, funny, and formally inventive.—
Gabrielle Bellot,
Literary Hub,
24 June 2025 -
On the pages of National Review and, after 1966, on Firing Line, Buckley pioneered the do-your-own-research rhetorical style: whataboutism and verbal misdirections that often slipped into intellectual nihilism.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
24 June 2025
Adjective
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Sheila Turner-Seed died suddenly of a cerebral hemorrhage, leaving Rachel to be raised by a loving father, Brian Seed, also a noted photographer.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
14 June 2025
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Your ideas, group projects or your network will get a cerebral jolt of inspiration.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
29 May 2025
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“Intellectualistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intellectualistic. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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