intellectual tradition
collocation in Englishmeaningsofintellectualandtradition
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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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tradition
noun[C or U]
uk/trəˈdɪʃ.ən/us/trəˈdɪʃ.ən/
a belief, principle, or way of acting that people in a particular society or group have continued to follow for a long time, or all of these beliefs, etc. in a particular society ...
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(Definition ofintellectualandtraditionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofintellectual tradition
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There was no conservativeintellectualtradition, he said.
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It also bred anintellectualtraditionthat was inward looking and conservative.
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Throughout the book the impact ofintellectualtraditionand methodology on interpretations is emphasized.
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This work is so difficult because of the psychological immobility of theintellectualtradition.
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Historically-oriented empirical work in political science continues to build on a formidableintellectualtradition.
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In doing so, we were conforming to one of the most fundamental aspects of the westernintellectualtradition.
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The dervish community engaged actively with the normative religious institutions and the highintellectualtraditionthat modern scholarship usually privileges.
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It is clear they lie within anintellectualtraditionwhich advocates an explicit approach to the perception of landscape.
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It has a formidableintellectualtraditionof radicalism and dissent.
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There was also a kind of history writing that sought to construct a ' progressive 'intellectualtradition, which surfaced in the years leading up to independence.
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This is not necessarily in the undertaking of the study, but rather in theintellectualtraditionin which any such undertaking exists.
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Could that mean that the reaction had nothing to do with the structure of university courses, but more with outlook andintellectualtradition?
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Such peculiar constraints (standards of establishing the continuity ofintellectualtraditionthat to my knowledge are unique) by definition strictly limit what can be deemed continuity.
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Capturing not only the nuances within individual thought, but within liberalism itself, he successfully portrays a multi-layeredintellectualtraditionrich in its complexity and laced with irony.
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Because of them and others there, it has a wonderfulintellectualtraditionthat attracts people who are motivated by any number of things in their work.
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She was born into a family with a strongintellectualtradition.
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The order is famed for itsintellectualtradition, having produced many leading theologians and philosophers.
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My basic point is in this respect, he greatly overstated his case seeming to argue that thisintellectualtraditionwas by now irrelevant.
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Liberal philosophy symbolises an extensiveintellectualtraditionthat has examined and popularised some of the most important and controversial principles of the modern world.
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It is very much in theintellectualtraditionof his family to speak and write articulately about things in a way that makes sense to ordinary people.
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