Synonyms

intellective

American

[in-tl-ek-tiv] / ˌɪn tlˈɛk tɪv /

adjective

having power to understand; intelligent; cognitive.
of or relating to the intellect.

Other Word Forms

intellectively adverb
unintellective adjective

Etymology

Origin of intellective

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English word from Latin word intellēctīvus. See intellect, -ive

Example Sentences

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So my intellective function from the day I met her started going up to keep up with her.

From Washington Post • Jun. 13, 2021

On the other hand justice is in the intellective appetite as its subject, which can have the universal good as its object, knowledge whereof belongs to the intellect.

From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

Now the intellective memory or intelligence, reason, sense and docility, belong not only to prudence but also to all the cognitive habits.

From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

Now intellective knowledge is essentially good: because man's perfection would seem to consist in his intellect being reduced from potentiality to act, and this is done by the knowledge of truth.

From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

Therefore the subject of charity is not the sensitive, but the intellective appetite, i.e. the will.

From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

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