intellectual - Meaning in Tamil

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intellectual - Meaning in Tamil

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Definitions and Meaning of intellectual in English

intellectual adjective

1. appealing to or using the intellect

   Examples

   • "coldly intellectual"
   • "has tremendous intellectual sympathy for oppressed people"
   • "intellectual literature"
   • "intellectual workers engaged in creative literary or artistic or scientific labor"
   • "satire is an intellectual weapon"
   • "sort of the intellectual type"
2. of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind

   Synonyms

   noetic, noetic, rational, rational

   Examples

   • "intellectual problems"
   • "the triumph of the rational over the animal side of man"
3. involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct

   Synonyms

   cerebral

   Examples

   • "a cerebral approach to the problem"
   • "cerebral drama"

intellectual noun

1. a person who uses the mind creatively

   Synonyms

   intellect

Synonyms of intellectual

• intellect
• noetic, rational
• cerebral

Antonyms of intellectual

nonintellectual

Description

An intellectual is a person who engages in critical thinking, research, and reflection about the reality of society, and who proposes solutions for its normative problems. Coming from the world of culture, either as a creator or as a mediator, the intellectual participates in politics, either to defend a concrete proposition or to denounce an injustice, usually by either rejecting, producing or extending an ideology, and by defending a system of values.

Also see "Intellectual" on Wikipedia

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