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Definition of intellectual noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

intellectual

noun
 
 
/ˌɪntəˈlektʃuəl/
 
/ˌɪntəˈlektʃuəl/
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  1. a person who is well educated and enjoys activities in which they have to think seriously about things
    • He was a leading intellectual of his day.
    Extra Examples
    • Few people would regard her as an intellectual, though she speaks with great wisdom.
    • Left-wing intellectuals were purged from the universities.
    Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin intellectualis, from intellectus ‘understanding’, from intellegere ‘understand’, from inter ‘between’ + legere ‘choose’.
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