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INTELLECT
mind, intellect
(noun) knowledge and intellectual ability; “he reads to improve his mind”; “he has a keen intellect”
reason, understanding, intellect
(noun) 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”
intellectual, intellect
(noun) a person who uses the mind creatively
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
intellect (countable and uncountable, plural intellects)
the faculty of thinking, judging, abstract reasoning, and conceptual understanding; the cognitive faculty (uncountable)
the capacity of that faculty (in a particular person) (uncountable)
a person who has that faculty to a great degree
Synonyms
• See also intelligence
Source: Wiktionary
In"tel*lect, n. Etym: [L. intellectus, fr. intelligere, intellectum, to understand: cf. intellect. See Intelligent.] (Metaph.)
Definition: The part or faculty of the human soul by which it knows, as distinguished from the power to feel and to will; sometimes, the capacity for higher forms of knowledge, as distinguished from the power to perceive objects in their relations; the power to judge and comprehend; the thinking faculty; the understanding.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Word of the Day
9 January 2025
PRESENTATION
(noun) (obstetrics) position of the fetus in the uterus relative to the birth canal; “Cesarean sections are sometimes the result of abnormal presentations”
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