Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

intellectualism

/ˌɪntˌɛləktʃˈuəlˌɪzəm/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.50 in modern English

Syllables: in-tel-lec-tu-al-ism
IPA: /ˌɪntˌɛləktʃˈuəlˌɪzəm/

19

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

7

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The use or development of the intellect.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The doctrine that knowledge is derived from pure reason.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The use of mental attributes as a criterion or value.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"I don't think much of you yet — I wish I could — though you do go talking and lecturing up and down the country to crowded audiences, and are busy with all sorts of philanthropic intellectualism, and circulating libraries and museums, and Heaven only knows what besides, and try to make us think, through newspaper reports, that you are, even as we, of the working classes."

Etymology

Etymology tree English intellectual Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English intellectualism From intellectual + -ism.

Usage

Inflected Forms

intellectualisms (plural)

Derived Forms

nonintellectualism pseudointellectualism

Phrases

anti-intellectualism

Frequently Paired Words

intellectualist

Synonyms

rationalism

Rhymes With

individualism dualism

Questions

How do you pronounce intellectualism?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌɪntˌɛləktʃˈuəlˌɪzəm/.
What does intellectualism mean?: The use or development of the intellect.
Where does intellectualism come from?: Etymology tree English intellectual Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English intellectualism From intellectual + -ism.

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