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deintellectualize

deintellectualize verb: to cause no longer to be intellectual.

Verb

deintellectualize (third-person singular simple present deintellectualizes, present participle deintellectualizing, simple past and past participle deintellectualized)

  1. (transitive) To cause no longer to be intellectual.

Forms of deintellectualize

third-person singular presentdeintellectualizes
present participledeintellectualizing
past participledeintellectualized
pastdeintellectualized

Origin of deintellectualize

From de- + intellectualize.

Questions about deintellectualize

What does deintellectualize mean?
Deintellectualize means to cause no longer to be intellectual.
What part of speech is deintellectualize?
Deintellectualize is a verb.
What is the past tense of deintellectualize?
The past tense of deintellectualize is deintellectualized.

Words near deintellectualize in the dictionary

  1. deintegrate
  2. deintegrated
  3. deintegrates
  4. deintegrating
  5. deintellectualization
  6. deintellectualize
  7. deintellectualized
  8. deintellectualizes
  9. deintellectualizing
  10. deintensification
  11. deintensifications

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