intellect

(ĭn'tl-ĕkt')
n.

1. 1. The ability to learn and reason; the capacity for knowledge and understanding.
   2. The ability to think abstractly or profoundly. See synonyms at mind.
2. A person of great intellectual ability.

[Middle English, from Old French intellecte, from Latin intellēctus, perception, from past participle of intellegere, to perceive. See intelligent.]

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noun

1. The faculty of thinking, reasoning, and acquiring and applying knowledge: brain (often used in plural), brainpower, intelligence, mentality, mind, sense, understanding, wit. Slang smart (used in plural). See ability/inability, thoughts.
2. A person of great mental ability: brain, intellectual, mind, thinker. See ability/inability.

n

Definition: capability of the mind; someone with capable mind
Antonyms: emotion, ignorance

Mental abilities, usually distinguished from feelings, emotions, and also perception — though perception, we now generally believe (following Hermann von Helmholtz), in fact depends upon unconscious inferences. The word is seldom applied to animals, and an 'intellectual' person means someone concerned with problems requiring high intelligence and much learning. The intellect is associated with cortical brain function.

(Published 1987)

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IN BRIEF: The power of the mind, especially when developed.

The badge of intellect is a question mark. — Arnold H. Glasow

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The mind, thinking faculty, or understanding. Not a highly developed function in animals.

For a list of words related to intellect, see:

• Notions, Ideas, and Methods - intellect: ability to think
• Reason and Rationale - intellect: mental faculty for knowing, judging, perceiving, and reasoning

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - intelligens, forstand, fornuft

Nederlands (Dutch)
intellect, intellectueel

Français (French)
n. - intelligence, esprit, intellect

Deutsch (German)
n. - Intellekt, Verstand, großer Geist

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - νόηση, διάνοια, νοημοσύνη

Italiano (Italian)
intelletto

Português (Portuguese)
n. - intelecto (m)

Русский (Russian)
интеллект

Español (Spanish)
n. - intelecto

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - intellekt (äv. pers.), begåvning

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
智力, 知识份子, 理解力

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 智力, 知識份子, 理解力

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 지력, 지식인

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 知性, 知力, 知識人, 識者, 理知

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الذكاء, الفكر, العقل, الشخص الألمعي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮בינה, שכל, כוח שיפוט, חכם, אינטלקט, כינוי קיבוצי לאנשים הנחשבים למשכילים/נבונים‬

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