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   intellect

   /ˈɪntɪlɛkt/

   noun

   • 1. the faculty of reasoning and understanding objectively, especially with regard to abstract matters: "he was a man of action rather than of intellect" Similar mindbrainbrainsheadintelligencereasonunderstandingcomprehensionthoughtbrainpowersensejudgementwisdomwitsinformal:nousgrey matterbrainboxbrain cellsloafupper storeysmartskopOpposite emotion
   • ▪ a person's mental powers: "her keen intellect"
   • ▪ a clever person: "sapping our country of some of its brightest intellects" Similar thinkerintellectualbluestockingacademicscholarsagemindbrain

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin intellectus ‘understanding’, from intellegere ‘understand’ (see intelligent).

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