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in⋅tel⋅lec⋅tu⋅al⋅ize

  [in-tl-ek-choo-uh-lahyz] verb, -ized, -iz⋅ing.
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–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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in·tel·lec·tu·al·ize   (ĭn'tl-ěk'chōō-ə-līz')   
tr.v.   in·tel·lec·tu·al·ized, in·tel·lec·tu·al·iz·ing, in·tel·lec·tu·al·iz·es
  1. To furnish a rational structure or meaning for.
  2. To avoid psychological insight into (an emotional problem) by performing an intellectual analysis.
in'tel·lec'tu·al·iz'er n.
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