Intellect
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See: Intelligence, Intelligent, Intellectual Ability.
References
2009
- (WordNet, 2009) ⇒ http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=intellect
- S: (n) mind, intellect (knowledge and intellectual ability) "he reads to improve his mind"; "he has a keen intellect"
- S: (n) reason, understanding, intellect (the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination) "we are told that man is endowed with reason and capable of distinguishing good from evil"
- S: (n) intellectual, intellect (a person who uses the mind creatively)
- http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/intellect#Noun
- The faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding (uncountable). “Intellect is one of man's greatest powers."
- That faculty in a particular person (uncountable). “They were chosen because of their outstanding intellect."
- A person who has that faculty in great degree. “Some of the world's leading intellects were meeting there.”