intellectualism
noun[U]
usuallydisapprovinguk/ˌɪn.təlˈek.tʃu.ə.lɪ.zəm/us/ˌɪn.t̬əlˈek.tʃu.ə.lɪ.zəm/theabilitytothinkabout ordiscussasubjectin adetailedandintelligentway, withoutinvolvingyouremotionsorfeelings:
智力的运用；追求学问的精神；理智思考He wasn'tintimidatedby Kerry's intellectualism.他并没有被克里的理智主义吓倒。
Sheencouragedherfathertooffsethis intellectualism withdisplaysofemotion.她鼓励父亲通过情感的表达来平衡他的理智主义。
See
intellectualize
- InParis,proudintellectualism never went out offashion.
- Hebelievedthatart, to besuccessful, must have anelementof intellectualism.
- Not having atelevisionwasodd- theproductofself-consciousintellectualism.
Logic and reason
- a fortiori
- a posteriori
- a priori
- analytic
- antinomy
- illogically
- incoherently
- inductive
- inductively
- intellectual
- non-theoretical
- non-verbal
- nonscientific
- paradox
- paradoxical
- teleology
- theoretical
- theoretically
- theory
- thinking