INTELLECTION

thinking, thought, thought process, cerebration, intellection, mentation

(noun) the process of using your mind to consider something carefully; “thinking always made him frown”; “she paused for thought”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

intellection (countable and uncountable, plural intellections)

(uncountable) The mental activity or process of grasping with the intellect; apprehension by the mind; understanding.

(countable) A particular act of grasping by means of the intellect.

(countable) The mental content of an act of grasping by means of the intellect, as a thought, idea, or conception.

Source: Wiktionary


In`tel*lec"tion, n. Etym: [L. intellectio synecdoche: cf. F. intellection.]

Definition: A mental act or process; especially: (a) The act of understanding; simple apprehension of ideas; intuition. Bentley. (b) A creation of the mind itself. Hickok.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

10 January 2025

INTERSPERSION

(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”


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