Meanings
plural intellectualisms
- countableuncountableThe use or development of the intellect.
1 more example
I don't think much of you yet — I wish I could — though you do go talking and lecturing up and down the country to crowded audiences, and are busy with all sorts of philanthropic intellectualism, and circulating libraries and museums, and Heaven only knows what besides, and try to make us think, through newspaper reports, that you are, even as we, of the working classes.
1857, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's School Days - countableuncountablehuman sciencesThe doctrine that knowledge is derived from pure reason.
Synonyms: rationalism
- countableuncountablehuman sciencesThe use of mental attributes as a criterion or value.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe doctrine that knowledge is derived from pure reason.
Origin
Translations
Arabic فكرانية
- فكرانيةuse or development of intellect
Bengali বুদ্ধিজীবিতা
- বুদ্ধিজীবিতা (buddhijibita)use or development of intellect
Catalan intel·lectualisme, intel·lectualisme
- intel·lectualismeuse or development of intellect
- intel·lectualismedoctrine that knowledge is derived from pure reason
Czech intelektualismus, racionalismus
- intelektualismususe or development of intellect
- racionalismusdoctrine that knowledge is derived from pure reason
Finnish järjenkäyttö, intellektualismi
- järjenkäyttöuse or development of intellect
- intellektualismidoctrine that knowledge is derived from pure reason
French intellectualisme, intellectualisme
- intellectualismeuse or development of intellect
- intellectualismedoctrine that knowledge is derived from pure reason
Greek διανοητισμός, νοησιαρχία
- διανοητισμός (dianoïtismós)use or development of intellect
- νοησιαρχία (noïsiarchía)doctrine that knowledge is derived from pure reason
- νοησιοκρατία (noïsiokratía)doctrine that knowledge is derived from pure reason
Italian intellettualismo, intellettualismo
- intellettualismouse or development of intellect
- intellettualismodoctrine that knowledge is derived from pure reason
Polish intelektualizm
- intelektualizmdoctrine that knowledge is derived from pure reason
Portuguese intelectualismo, intelectualismo
- intelectualismouse or development of intellect
- intelectualismodoctrine that knowledge is derived from pure reason
Russian интеллектуали́зм, интеллектуали́зм
- интеллектуали́зм (intellektualízm)use or development of intellect
- интеллектуали́зм (intellektualízm)doctrine that knowledge is derived from pure reason
Spanish intelectualismo, intelectualismo
- intelectualismouse or development of intellect
- intelectualismodoctrine that knowledge is derived from pure reason
Swedish intellektualism
- intellektualismdoctrine that knowledge is derived from pure reason
Tagalog pagkamakaisipnon, pagkamakaisipnon
- pagkamakaisipnonuse or development of intellect
- pagkamakaisipnondoctrine that knowledge is derived from pure reason
Cite this entry
intellectualism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intellectualism
“intellectualism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intellectualism. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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