intellect
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Noun (3)
- knowledge and intellectual ability“he reads to improve his mind”“he has a keen intellect”Synonyms: mindType of intelligenceAttribute of intellectual, nonintellectual
- the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination“we are told that man is endowed with reason and capable of distinguishing good from evil”Synonyms: reasonunderstandingType of faculty, mental faculty
- a person who uses the mind creativelySynonyms: intellectualType of actor, doerKinds scholar, genius, thinker, subjectivist, skeptic, visionary, theorist, egghead, synthesist, bel esprit +11 more
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: L. intellectus, fr. intelligere, intellectum, to understand: cf. intellect. See Intelligent.
1. Metaphysics The part or faculty of the human mind by which it knows, as distinguished from the power to feel and to will; the power to judge and comprehend; the thinking faculty; the understanding.
2. The capacity for higher forms of knowledge, as distinguished from the power to perceive objects in their relations; mental capacity.
3. A particular mind, especially a person of high intelligence; as, he was a great intellect.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: GCIDE editors
Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
<language> A query language written by Larry Harris in 1977, close to natural English.
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