intellectual movement

collocation in English

meaningsofintellectualandmovement

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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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movement
noun
uk
/ˈmuːv.mənt/us
/ˈmuːv.mənt/
a change ...
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(Definition ofintellectualandmovementfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It does so by illuminating the transatlantic dimension of a vibrantintellectualmovement.
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Of course, there was a strongintellectualmovementtoward socialism but it wasn't of the kind that later developed.
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In this respect - that is, of moving from successful critique to more problematic issues - postprocessualism as anintellectualmovementin archaeology was following a well-worn path.
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There has been a generalintellectualmovementthis century doubting the value of the family.
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In its origin it was certainly anintellectualmovementof the greatest interest.
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As anintellectualmovement, structuralism was initially presumed to be the heir apparent to existentialism.
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He is a fierce enemy of transhumanism, anintellectualmovementasserting that posthumanity is a desirable goal.
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As a "cientfico", the prevailingintellectualmovementof the period, he believed in the positivist approach to science and to history.
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Beginning in the late 1960s the movement began to be seen as a bona fide religious, theological and evenintellectualmovementin its own right.
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Biopunk is a techno-progressive cultural andintellectualmovementwhich advocates for open access to genetic information and espouses the liberatory potential of truly democratic technological development.
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