intellectualism
intellectualism noun: the use or development of the intellect.
Noun
intellectualism (countable and uncountable, plural intellectualisms)
- The use or development of the intellect.
- I don't think much of you yet — I wish I could — though you do go talking and lecturing up and down the country to crowded audiences, and are busy with all sorts of philanthropic intellectualism, and circulating libraries and museums, and Heaven only knows what besides, and try to make us think...1857, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's School Days
- The doctrine that knowledge is derived from pure reason.
- Synonyms:
- rationalism
- The use of mental attributes as a criterion or value.
intellectualism meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Tagalog
intellectualism in Hindi
- intellectualism
- बुद्धिवाद buddhivād
intellectualism in Tamil
- ஆய்வறிவுக் கோட்பாடு
intellectualism in Bengali
- use or development of intellect
- বুদ্ধিজীবিতা buddhijibita
intellectualism in Tagalog
- use or development of intellect
- pagkamakaisipnon
- doctrine that knowledge is derived from pure reason
- pagkamakaisipnon
More languagesFewer languages
- intellectualism in Arabic
- فكرانية
Synonyms of intellectualism
Forms of intellectualism
| plural | intellectualisms |
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Origin of intellectualism
From intellectual + -ism.
Words formed from intellectualism
Questions about intellectualism
- What does intellectualism mean?
- Intellectualism means the use or development of the intellect.
- What is intellectualism in Hindi?
- Intellectualism in Hindi is बुद्धिवाद (buddhivād). See Intellectualism meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is intellectualism?
- Intellectualism is a noun.
- What is the plural of intellectualism?
- The plural of intellectualism is intellectualisms.
Words near intellectualism in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: intellectualism (page history and authors); बुद्धिवाद (Hindi) (page history and authors); intellectualism (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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