intellectualize
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tlˈɛk 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.
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Intellectualize
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Also, especially British, in·tel·lec·tu·al·ise.
Related forms
in·tel·lec·tu·al·i·za·tion, noun
in·tel·lec·tu·al·iz·er, noun
o·ver·in·tel·lec·tu·al·i·za·tion, noun
o·ver·in·tel·lec·tu·al·ize, verb, o·ver·in·tel·lec·tu·al·ized, o·ver·in·tel·lec·tu·al·iz·ing.
sem·i-in·tel·lec·tu·al·ized, adjective
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World English Dictionary
intellectualize or intellectualise (ˌɪntɪˈlɛktʃʊəˌlaɪz) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to make or become intellectual |
| 2. | (tr) to treat or consider in an intellectual way; rationalize |
| intellectualise or intellectualise | |
| —vb | |
| intellectualization or intellectualise | |
| —n | |
| intellectualisation or intellectualise | |
| —n | |
| intellectualizer or intellectualise | |
| —n | |
| intellectualiser or intellectualise | |
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Medical Dictionary
intellectualize in·tel·lec·tu·al·ize (ĭn'tl-ěk'ch&oomacr;-ə-līz')
v. in·tel·lec·tu·al·ized, in·tel·lec·tu·al·iz·ing, in·tel·lec·tu·al·iz·es
To furnish a rational structure or meaning for.
To engage in intellectualization.
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Example sentences
But it's one thing to intellectualize something and quite another to live it.
He has the ability to intellectualize, but may lose focus and go off on a tangent relatively easily.
Don't rationalize or over intellectualize yourselves into believing otherwise.
It is easy to over-intellectualize the process of cooperative formation.
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