Definition of intellectuals

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Definition of intellectuals

  • of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind (adjective)

    Examples

    1. intellectual problems

    Synonyms

    1. noetic
    2. rational
  • involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct (adjective)

    Synonyms

    1. cerebral
  • a person who uses the mind creatively (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. intellect
  • appealing to or using the intellect (adjective)

    Examples

    1. satire is an intellectual weapon
    2. intellectual workers engaged in creative literary or artistic or scientific labor
    3. has tremendous intellectual sympathy for oppressed people
    4. coldly intellectual
    5. sort of the intellectual type
    6. intellectual literature

See definition of intellectuals in Merriam Webster