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in·tel·lec·tu·al·ize    Audio Help   [in-tl-ek-choo-uh-lahyz] Pronunciation Key verb, -ized, -iz·ing.
–verb (used with object)
1.to seek or consider the rational content or form of.
2.to make intellectual.
3.to analyze (something) intellectually or rationally.
4.to ignore the emotional or psychological significance of (an action, feeling, dream, etc.) by an excessively intellectual or abstract explanation.
–verb (used without object)
5.to talk or write intellectually; reason; philosophize: to intellectualize about world problems.
Also, especially British, in·tel·lec·tu·al·ise.

[Origin: 1810–20; intellectual + -ize]

—Related forms
in·tel·lec·tu·al·i·za·tion, noun
in·tel·lec·tu·al·iz·er, noun
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