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I UK [ˌɪntəˈlektʃuəl] / US [ˌɪnt(ə)lˈektʃuəl] adjective
1)
a) relating to the ability to think in an intelligent way and to understand things, especially difficult or complicated ideas and subjects

the emotional and intellectual development of young children

Students were asked which task represented the greatest intellectual challenge.

intellectual ability/capacity:

He had the intellectual capacity of a three-year-old.

b) relating to the ideas and ways of thinking that are developed by intelligent people in a society

people's cultural and intellectual lives

the intellectual climate (= attitudes) of the time

2) well educated and interested in art, science, literature etc at an advanced level

Though not intellectual, my mother was highly intelligent.


Derived word:
intellectually
adverb

intellectually demanding work


II UK [ˌɪntəˈlektʃuəl] / US [ˌɪnt(ə)lˈektʃuəl] noun [countable]
Word forms "intellectual":
singular intellectual plural intellectuals
someone who is well educated and interested in art, science, literature etc at an advanced level

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