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intellectual

[in-tl-ek-choo-uhl] / ˌɪn tlˈɛk tʃu əl /




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“The old Mary would be no more. I would transform into the intellectual one. That was how I would stand out as the other Bennet sister.”

From Salon • Jun. 25, 2026

Chesterton, Thomas Merton, Dorothy Day and others have greatly enriched the intellectual heritage of Catholic life.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026

The companies plan to co-develop projects including a short-form series drawing on some of the studio’s intellectual property.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 22, 2026

The most important intellectual work done by central banks is risk management.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 19, 2026

If the relativist account of science were correct, every major paradigm shift ought to be accompanied by bitter disputes between competing intellectual communities: indeed it was Kuhn’s view that this is exactly what happens.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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