intellection

[ in-tl-ek-shuhn ]
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noun

  1. the action or process of understanding; the exercise of the intellect; reasoning.

  2. a particular act of the intellect.

  1. the result of such an act; a notion, thought, or idea.

Origin of intellection

1
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin intellēctiōn- (stem of intellēctiō ); see intellect, -ion

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How to use intellection in a sentence

  • The immortality of man is as legitimately preached from the intellections as from the moral volitions.

    Essays, First Series | Ralph Waldo Emerson

  • They celebrate man and his intellections and relativenesses as they have been.

    Complete Prose Works | Walt Whitman

British Dictionary definitions for intellection

intellection

/ (ˌɪntɪˈlɛkʃən) /

noun

  1. mental activity; thought

  2. an idea or thought

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