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extelligence

extelligence noun: all the cultural capital that is available to people in the form of tribal legends, folklore, nursery rhymes, books, videotapes, CD-ROMs etc.

Noun

extelligence (uncountable)

  1. All the cultural capital that is available to people in the form of tribal legends, folklore, nursery rhymes, books, videotapes, CD-ROMs etc.

Origin of extelligence

From ex- + intelligence (contrasted with knowledge carried within the brain, as if intelligence were derived from in). Coined by Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen in their book Figments of Reality (1997).

Questions about extelligence

What does extelligence mean?
Extelligence means all the cultural capital that is available to people in the form of tribal legends, folklore, nursery rhymes, books, videotapes, CD-ROMs etc.
What part of speech is extelligence?
Extelligence is a noun.

Words near extelligence in the dictionary

  1. extatique
  2. exteacher
  3. exteachers
  4. extein
  5. exteins
  6. extelligence
  7. extemp
  8. extemper
  9. extempers
  10. extemporal
  11. extemporally

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