INTELLECTUALIZER Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

intellectualizer

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as in sage

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Just like Amanda’s countryside retreat, this two-bedroom cottage in quaint Southrop—a small village in the heart of the Cotswolds—features stone masonry, a tiled roof, and even uses the same sage-green color across its window frames and front door.

— Katie Silcox, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2026
The Tío Xavier persona that Becerra supporters have trotted out — a kind, chuckling sage — isn’t what California needs right now.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

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Salutes to two pop music artists (X-Ray Spex and David Johansen) are preferable to Laura Poitras’s nauseating politicization of cultural pseud-activist Nan Goldin.

— Armond White, National Review, 6 Jan. 2023
Mr Baudet is dismissed by the establishment as a pseud-in-a-suit, but his calls for the Dutch to leave the EU resonate.

— The Economist, The Economist, 28 Mar. 2018

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With its Manuka honey heart, the scent is brightened by orange blossom and mandarin before settling into tonka, vanilla, and sandalwood.

— Lauren Valenti, InStyle, 9 Sep. 2026
One of five new Loewe perfumes landing in September, Field Diary taps citrusy notes such as green mandarin and blood orange, paired with lychee, orange blossom and musk.

— Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2026

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An ace trash talker, Ali took potshots at Frazier’s intellect and cast him as an ally of the white establishment.

— Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 Sep. 2026
Fundamentalists will claim that the moral code that follows from their faith needs no intellect to follow.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of intellect

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But more recently, many EA thinkers have focused their concerns on the possibility of existential risks from advanced AI and other potential societal-scale disasters such as nuclear war, climate change and pandemics.

— Katie McQue, NPR, 26 Sep. 2026
But among their best qualities, Dick Riordan was arrogantly confident, Jim Hahn had a steady hand on the tiller, Antonio Villaraigosa was tireless and passionate, Eric Garcetti was a long-range thinker on earthquakes, water and energy.

— Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026

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The show sees six pairs of contestants attempt to track down some of the biggest brains in Britain – six individuals known as The Chasers – in undisclosed locations across Europe.

— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 5 Oct. 2026
Yet, despite these extraordinary advances, the brain still holds countless mysteries, with much more left to learn and discover and optogenetics has given us a powerful means to take on these challenges.

— Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 5 Oct. 2026

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