- 1[usually before noun] connected with or using a person's ability to think in a logical way and understand things intellectual curiosity an intellectual novel
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- 2(of a person) well educated and enjoying activities in which you have to think seriously about things She's very intellectual.
NAmE//ˌɪntəˈlɛktʃuəˌlɪzəm//
noun [uncountable] (usually disapproving) adverb intellectually challengingSee intellectual in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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