intellectual curiosity

collocation in English

meaningsofintellectualandcuriosity

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intellectual
adjective
uk
/ˌɪn.təlˈek.tʃu.əl/us
/ˌɪn.t̬əlˈek.tʃu.əl/
relating to your ability to think and understand things, especially ...
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curiosity
noun
uk
/ˌkjʊə.riˈɒs.ə.ti/us
/ˌkjʊr.iˈɑː.sə.t̬i/
an eager wish to know or learn ...
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(Definition ofintellectualandcuriosityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The energy, theintellectualcuriosity, and the intellectual breadth were outstanding.
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He is not on display in order to satisfy ourintellectualcuriosity.
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Such engineering might be done for gain to others, for example, to satisfyintellectualcuriosity.
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This reservation apart, the contributions are extremely rewarding and often original, and the pluri-disciplinary approach is a stimulus tointellectualcuriosity.
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They had theintellectualcuriosityand the resources to travel and absorb new artistic directions.
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It is merely a question raised out ofintellectualcuriosity: the desire to look out upon existence for the sake of understanding it.
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Posner, whoseintellectualcuriosityand writing ranges far and wide, has even ventured into this philosophical quagmire.
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I should add that there are some very interesting businesses in the area which really depend onintellectualcuriosityand enterprise.
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They are homes which are without knowledge and withoutintellectualcuriosity.
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One carries them through an over-taught course so that they receive a qualification when one should be stimulating and exciting them withintellectualcuriosity.
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They no longer had a great deal ofintellectualcuriosity, so their three years at university were often disappointing for them and for their teachers.
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The pure spirit ofintellectualcuriosityis an important quality in its own right.
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Harnessing children's and adolescents' active collaboration in their own education, working with the grain of their innateintellectualcuriosity, are long-standing pedagogic principles.
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I find it a part of the continuing process of change in which mankind indulges as a result of hisintellectualcuriosity, ingenuity and constant determination to do things better.
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There is the purely abstract form of research in the universities, which some people are perfectly satisfied is of no use to anyone except as pureintellectualcuriosity.
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The same applies for technique, taste andintellectualcuriosity.
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Treasure'sintellectualcuriosity, his withering contempt for flabby thinking and his fascination with theory had a liberating effect on others.
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Openness reflects the degree ofintellectualcuriosity, creativity and a preference for novelty and variety a person has.
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It did not sound like idleintellectualcuriosity, the engineer said.
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