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intellective

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • rhymes with -ɛktɪv

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of, related to, or caused by the intellect.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

adj

Meaning 2

Having the capacity to reason and understand.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1907, Apollinarianism, article in Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen–Assize, It is to be found in the seventh anathema of Pope Damasus in the Council of Rome, 381. "We pronounce anathema against them who say that the Word of God is in the human flesh in lieu and place of the human rational and intellective soul. For, the Word of God is the Son Himself. Neither did He come in the flesh to replace, but rather to assume and preserve from sin and save the rational and intellective soul of man."

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History

Etymology

From Middle French intellectif and its etymon the post-Classical Latin intellēctīvus, from intellegō.

Across languages

Translations

7 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: умствен (umstven) — Of, related to, or caused by the intellect
  • Bulgarian: мисловен (misloven) — Of, related to, or caused by the intellect
  • Catalan: intel·lectiu — Of, related to, or caused by the intellect
  • French: intellectif — Of, related to, or caused by the intellect
  • Galician: intelectivo — Of, related to, or caused by the intellect
  • Portuguese: intelectivo — Of, related to, or caused by the intellect
  • Spanish: intelectivo — Of, related to, or caused by the intellect