intellectuality
Americannoun
plural
intellectualities-
the quality or state of being intellectual.
-
intellectual character or power.
Other Word Forms
- unintellectuality noun
Etymology
Origin of intellectuality
From the Late Latin word intellēctuālitās, dating back to 1605–15. See intellectual, -ity
Example Sentences
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“She wanted artists to embrace our intellectuality and its fevered origins.”
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 5, 2021
Finally, I realized that’s the point: He’s a classic master teacher in the “Dead Poets Society” mode: iconoclastic but gimmicky, glazed with intellectuality but essentially narcissistic.
From Washington Post • Dec. 11, 2017
It’s unfortunate that Black Cindy’s narrative is unique, but in the world of prestige dramas and comedies, religion or acts of worship are usually presented as things outside of intellectuality or artistic expression.
From Salon • Jul. 18, 2015
Ms. Wilson is more expansive of gesture; you suspect that her Marianne sees her intellectuality as a social handicap, and she overcompensates by being louder and funnier than she needs to be.
From New York Times • Jan. 13, 2015
His Self had crawled into this priesthood, into this arrogance, into this intellectuality.
From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse
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