intellectualized
past simple and past participle ofintellectualize
intellectualize
verb[IorT]
(UKusuallyintellectualise)uk/ˌɪn.təlˈek.tʃu.ə.laɪz/us/ˌɪn.t̬əlˈek.tʃu.ə.laɪz/tothinkabout ordiscussasubjectin adetailedandintellectualway, withoutinvolvingyouremotionsorfeelings:
She couldn'tstandall thatpointlessintellectualizing aboutsubjectsthat just didn'tmatter.
Logic and reason
- a fortiori
- a posteriori
- a priori
- analytic
- antinomy
- incoherently
- inductive
- inductively
- intellectual
- intellectualism
- non-verbal
- nonscientific
- paradox
- paradoxical
- paradoxically
- theoretically
- theory
- thinking
- ultra-rational
- unrealistic
Examplesofintellectualized
intellectualized
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
The reason for this is not clear and it is not yetintellectualizedeither.
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Music that heaps dissonance andintellectualizedsubtleties upon its listeners strengthens the resolve of the reactionary people and offends the progressives.
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According to its author, it should also be seen asintellectualizedand elitist, but not in fact a hiatus in his artistic development.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.None of these things are in the printed script, and they begin to feel so calculated andintellectualizedthat an airlessness pervades the proceedings.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.But koans had to be penetrated fully, notintellectualized.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This album is nothing to beintellectualized.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Second, the perceptions of shared reality are accompanied by affect whereas the discussion of historical material can have anintellectualizedquality and be thus less informative.
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- master file
- master franchise
- master-franchise
- master franchisee
- master-franchisee
- masterful
- masterfully
- mastering
- master key
- master-key
- masterly
- master mariner
- mastermind
- masterminded
- masterminding
- master narrative
- master narrative
- Master of Arts
- master-of-arts
- Master of Business Administration
- master-of-business-administration
- master of ceremonies
- master-of-ceremonies
- Master of Dental Surgery
- master-of-dental-surgery