different between intellect vs intellection

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin intell?ctus (“understanding, intellect”), perfect passive participle of Latin intelleg? (“understand; reason”), from inter (“between, among”) + leg? (“read”), with connotation of bind.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??nt?l?kt/

Noun

intellect (countable and uncountable, plural intellects)

1. (uncountable) The faculty of thinking, judging, abstract reasoning, and conceptual understanding; the cognitive faculty.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:intelligence

2. (uncountable) The capacity of that faculty (in a particular person).
3. A person who has that faculty to a great degree.

   Synonym: intellectual

Related terms

• intellectual
• intellectualism
• intellectualize
• intelligence
• intelligent
• intelligentsia
• intelligible

Translations

See also

• mind

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin intell?ctus (“understanding, intellect”), perfect passive participle of Latin intelleg? (“understand; reason”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.t?.l?kt/, /??.te.l?kt/

Noun

intellect m (plural intellects)

1. (psychology, philosophy) intellect

See also

• affect

Further reading

• “intellect” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin intellecti?, intellecti?nem.

Noun

intellection (countable and uncountable, plural intellections)

1. (uncountable) The mental activity or process of grasping with the intellect; apprehension by the mind; understanding.
   • 1993, M. J. Edwards, "A Portrait of Plotinus," The Classical Quarterly, New Series, vol. 43, no. 2, p. 487:

     The purpose of philosophy is to unite oneself with the objects of the intellect, and even at last with the One that is above all intellection.

2. (countable) A particular act of grasping by means of the intellect.
   • 1934, R. V. Feldman, "The Metaphysics of Wonder and Surprise," Philosophy, vol. 9, no. 34, p. 210:

     Our senses, our instincts, our intellections are all instruments of adaptation.

3. (countable) The mental content of an act of grasping by means of the intellect, as a thought, idea, or conception.
   • 1996, Ananya, "Training in Indian Classical Dance: A Case Study," Asian Theatre Journal, vol. 13, no. 1, p. 77:

     When Banerjee talks about the artist's thinking about the music, she is not referring to an intellection about the mechanics of technique.

Related terms

• intellect

References

• intellection at OneLook Dictionary Search