intellection

[ in-tl-ek-shuhn ]

noun

1. the action or process of understanding; the exercise of the intellect; reasoning.
2. a particular act of the intellect.
3. the result of such an act; a notion, thought, or idea.

intellection

/ ˌɪntɪˈlɛkʃən /

noun

1. mental activity; thought
2. an idea or thought

Word History and Origins

Origin of intellection¹

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin intellēctiōn- (stem of intellēctiō ); intellect, -ion

Example Sentences

When the second half begins to drift, the absence of electric drive-by observation and intellection becomes more apparent.

From New York Times

Even its harshest critics had to acknowledge its ambition; it took on Argentina’s Dirty War, gaming culture and high theory, wrangling with the problem of how to dramatize intellection and laying bare a fascinating mind.

From New York Times

Trethewey’s memoir is a controlled burn of chaos and intellection; it’s a memoir that will really lay you out.

From New York Times

It is a controlled burn of chaos and intellection; it is a memoir that will really lay you out.”

From New York Times

In books of the 1920s and ’30s — the Golden Age — one can experience the calm of austere intellection, observe the restoration of order after chaos.

From Washington Post

Related Words

• approach
• attention
• attitude
• awareness
• concept
• consciousness
• feeling
• image
• impression
• judgment
• knowledge
• notion
• opinion
• recognition
• sense
• taste
• thought
• viewpoint