as in intellectual
a person with strong intellectual interests
long-standing tension between the townies and the longhairs at the elite college
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Recent Examples of longhair
Raisa was a fixture on Chicago’s opera scene, and La Scala’ stage was sacred space in the world of longhairs, as classical music fans are sometimes known.
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Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 19 Mar. 2023
With a warm smile and loving spirit, the 3-year-old longhair Chihuahua is hoping for a family that needs a new sous chef that just so happens to have four legs.
—The Republic, The Arizona Republic, 2 Dec. 2022
The volunteers unloading the military supplies are friends from the Ukrainian film and television industry — a longhair bunch of cinematographers, gaffers, set decorators and marketing strategists.
—Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2022
That’s because all cats—longhair, shorthair, no hair—shed a pernicious little protein called Fel d 1, found in the saliva and oil glands, which causes most cat allergies.
—Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2021
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Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 19 Mar. 2023
With a warm smile and loving spirit, the 3-year-old longhair Chihuahua is hoping for a family that needs a new sous chef that just so happens to have four legs.
—The Republic, The Arizona Republic, 2 Dec. 2022
The volunteers unloading the military supplies are friends from the Ukrainian film and television industry — a longhair bunch of cinematographers, gaffers, set decorators and marketing strategists.
—Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2022
That’s because all cats—longhair, shorthair, no hair—shed a pernicious little protein called Fel d 1, found in the saliva and oil glands, which causes most cat allergies.
—Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for longhair
Noun
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In the years following Deng Xiaoping’s turn toward a capitalist economy, some Chinese intellectuals felt a kind of spiritual malaise; Deng’s reforms had failed to provide moral direction for a vast and proud former empire.—
Chang Che,
New Yorker,
8 Mar. 2026
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More to Explore In this environment, some activists and intellectuals adopted bikes as part of a resistance to car-centric capitalist modernism.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
5 Mar. 2026
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Fortunately for Rake, he got paired with a true research nerd.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
8 Mar. 2026
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Computer nerds who’ve never left their basements and mama’s cooking are trying, and have taken over the sport with useless numbers, or analytics.—
Nick Canepa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Mar. 2026
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“Longhair.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/longhair. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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