as in intellectuals
a person with strong intellectual interests
being an intellectualist, he has little in common with the status-seeking philistines who live next door
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intellectuals
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Both existentialism and absurdism have their appeal and are represented by very cool intellectuals.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
25 Sep. 2025 -
But there was a period during China's reform era that some pro-reform intellectuals admired the fact that America's ruling class was proficient in procedures.—
Vincent Ni,
NPR,
20 Sep. 2025
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“Intellectualists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intellectualists. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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