INTELLECTUALISM Synonyms
There is 0 hypernym of the word intellectualism. (close relations)
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culture | nounn | |||||||
noun • a particular society at a particular time and place • the tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social group • all the knowledge and values shared by a society • (biology) the growing of microorganisms in a nutrient medium (such as gelatin or agar) • a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality • the attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a particular social group or organization • the raising of plants or animals verb • grow in a special preparation | ||||||||
education | nounn | |||||||
noun • the activities of educating or instructing; activities that impart knowledge or skill • the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with education (including federal aid to educational institutions and students); created 1979 • knowledge acquired by learning and instruction • the gradual process of acquiring knowledge • the profession of teaching (especially at a school or college or university) • the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior) | ||||||||
enlightenment | nounn | |||||||
noun • education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge • a movement in Europe from about 1650 until 1800 that advocated the use of reason and individualism instead of tradition and established doctrine • (Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of desire and suffering and individual consciousness | ||||||||
erudition | nounn | |||||||
noun • profound scholarly knowledge | ||||||||
intellect | nounn | |||||||
noun • knowledge and intellectual ability • the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination • a person who uses the mind creatively | ||||||||
knowledge | nounn | |||||||
noun • the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning | ||||||||
learning | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge • profound scholarly knowledge | ||||||||
sagacity | nounn | |||||||
noun • the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations • the trait of forming opinions by distinguishing and evaluating | ||||||||
scholarship | nounn | |||||||
noun • financial aid provided to a student on the basis of academic merit • profound scholarly knowledge | ||||||||
sophistication | nounn | |||||||
noun • uplifting enlightenment • a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone • being expert or having knowledge of some technical subject • the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment • falsification by the use of sophistry; misleading by means of specious fallacies | ||||||||
wisdom | nounn | |||||||
noun • accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment • an Apocryphal book consisting mainly of a meditation on wisdom; although ascribed to Solomon it was probably written in the first century BC • the trait of utilizing knowledge and experience with common sense and insight • ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight • the quality of being prudent and sensible | ||||||||
punditry | nounn | |||||||
noun • The state of being a pundit • The opinion or advice of a pundit | ||||||||
rationalism | nounn | |||||||
noun • (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge is acquired by reason without resort to experience • the theological doctrine that human reason rather than divine revelation establishes religious truth • the doctrine that reason is the right basis for regulating conduct |