INTELLECTUALIZE


Meaning of INTELLECTUALIZE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪntɪlektʃuəlaɪz ]

( intellectualizes, intellectualizing, intellectualized)

Note: in BRIT, also use 'intellectualise'

If someone intellectualizes a subject or issue, they consider it in an intellectual way, often when this is not appropriate.

I tended to mistrust my emotions and intellectualize everything.

VERB : V n

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