noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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noun
Meaning 1
The use or development of the intellect.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
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noun
Meaning 2
The doctrine that knowledge is derived from pure reason.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
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Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 3
The use of mental attributes as a criterion or value.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Etymology
Etymology tree English intellectual Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English intellectualism From intellectual + -ism.
Across languages
Translations
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
فكرانية
— use or development of intellect
Bengali:
বুদ্ধিজীবিতা
(buddhijibita)
— use or development of intellect
Catalan:
intel·lectualisme
— use or development of intellect
Czech:
intelektualismus
— use or development of intellect
Finnish:
järjenkäyttö
— use or development of intellect
French:
intellectualisme
— use or development of intellect
Greek:
διανοητισμός
(dianoïtismós)
— use or development of intellect
Italian:
intellettualismo
— use or development of intellect
Portuguese:
intelectualismo
— use or development of intellect
Russian:
интеллектуали́зм
(intellektualízm)
— use or development of intellect
Spanish:
intelectualismo
— use or development of intellect
Tagalog:
pagkamakaisipnon
— use or development of intellect
Catalan:
intel·lectualisme
— doctrine that knowledge is derived from pure reason
Czech:
racionalismus
— doctrine that knowledge is derived from pure reason
Finnish:
intellektualismi
— doctrine that knowledge is derived from pure reason
French:
intellectualisme
— doctrine that knowledge is derived from pure reason
Greek:
νοησιαρχία
(noïsiarchía)
— doctrine that knowledge is derived from pure reason
Greek:
νοησιοκρατία
(noïsiokratía)
— doctrine that knowledge is derived from pure reason
Italian:
intellettualismo
— doctrine that knowledge is derived from pure reason
Polish:
intelektualizm
— doctrine that knowledge is derived from pure reason
Portuguese:
intelectualismo
— doctrine that knowledge is derived from pure reason
Russian:
интеллектуали́зм
(intellektualízm)
— doctrine that knowledge is derived from pure reason
Spanish:
intelectualismo
— doctrine that knowledge is derived from pure reason
Swedish:
intellektualism
— doctrine that knowledge is derived from pure reason
Tagalog:
pagkamakaisipnon
— doctrine that knowledge is derived from pure reason