different between intellect vs intellectuality

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

intellectual +? -ity, from Latin intellectualitas.

Noun

intellectuality (countable and uncountable, plural intellectualities)

1. The characteristic of being intellectual.