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intellectualizes

intellectualizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of intellectualize.

Meaning of intellectualize

Verb

intellectualize (third-person singular simple present intellectualizes, present participle intellectualizing, simple past and past participle intellectualized)

  1. (transitive) To treat in an intellectual manner; to discuss or express intellectually.
    • Sentiment is intellectualized emotion.1867, James Russell Lowell, Rousseau and the Sentimentalists
  2. (transitive) To endow with intellect; to bestow intellectual qualities upon; to cause to become intellectual.
  3. (US, transitive) To find a seemingly rational explanation for.
    1. (US, transitive) To use (excessive) reasoning and rationalization to block out emotional stress and anxiety associated with painful or traumatic experiences.

Questions about intellectualizes

What is intellectualizes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Intellectualizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of intellectualize.

Words near intellectualizes in the dictionary

  1. intellectualizations
  2. intellectualize
  3. intellectualized
  4. intellectualizer
  5. intellectualizers
  6. intellectualizes
  7. intellectualizing
  8. intellectuall
  9. intellectualls
  10. intellectually
  11. intellectually challenged

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