INTELLECTUALITY Synonyms: 56 Similar and Opposite Words

intellectuality

noun

Definition of intellectuality

as in intellect

the ability to learn and understand or to deal with problems one doesn't need the intellectuality of a rocket scientist to understand the problem

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His ebullience, keen intellect and warmth jump off the pages.

— John Blake, CNN Money, 5 July 2026
Recognizing her extraordinary intellect, the Wheatley family educated her, and by age 20 her poetry had earned publication in London.

— Robin Follman, Oc Register, 4 July 2026

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Predictive robot intelligence LingBot-VA unifies future video prediction and policy learning within a single autoregressive framework, jointly learning visual dynamics and robot actions.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 13 July 2026
Fourteen ships transited Hormuz on Sunday, four of which were crude oil tankers, a decline of about 60% compared with the 37 vessels that crossed the same day last week, according to data from the trade intelligence firm Kpler.

— Brian Sullivan,Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 13 July 2026

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Nothing will shake you and wake you like having your senses, your assumptions, your very identity overrun by hour upon hour of First Nations music, dancing, ceremony, and vitality on this patch of Apsáalooke (Crow) land.

— Matt Thompson, SPIN, 14 July 2026
SciAm always educates and delights me, and inspires a sense of awe for our vast, beautiful universe.

— Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 14 July 2026

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