different between theoretic vs intellectual
theoretic
English
Alternative forms
- theoretick (obsolete)
Etymology
From Latin the?r?ticus, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (the?r?tikós).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??i?????t?k/, /????????t?k/
Adjective
theoretic (comparative more theoretic, superlative most theoretic)
- Concerned with theories or hypotheses rather than with practical matters.
- Existing only in theory, not proven in reality.
Hyponyms
- number-theoretic
- ring-theoretic
- set-theoretic
Related terms
- theoretical
Translations
Anagrams
- hectorite, heterotic
theoretic From the web:
- what theoretical
- what theoretical perspective
- what theoretical term is this
- what theoretically occurs at absolute zero
- what theoretical probability
- what theoretical framework
- what theoretically happens at absolute zero
- what theoretical orientation is cbt
intellectual
English
Alternative forms
- intellectuall (obsolete)
Etymology
From Old French intellectuel, from Latin intellectualis
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??nt??l?k(t)???l/
Adjective
intellectual (comparative more intellectual, superlative most intellectual)
- Pertaining to, or performed by, the intellect; mental or cognitive.
- 1920, Harold Monro, Preface to s:The year's at the spring; an anthology of recent poetry
- Pleasure is various, but it cannot exist where the emotions or the imagination have not been powerfully stirred. Whether it be called sensual or intellectual, pleasure cannot be willed
- 1920, Harold Monro, Preface to s:The year's at the spring; an anthology of recent poetry
- Endowed with intellect; having a keen sense of understanding; having the capacity for higher forms of knowledge or thought; characterized by intelligence or cleverness
- 1894, Edgar Wilson Nye, Nye's History of the USA Chapter 30
- The Fenimore Cooper Indian is no doubt a brave and highly intellectual person, educated abroad, refined and cultivated by foreign travel, graceful in the grub dance or scalp walk-around, yet tender-hearted as a girl, walking by night fifty-seven miles in a single evening to warn his white friends of danger.
- 1894, Edgar Wilson Nye, Nye's History of the USA Chapter 30
- Suitable for exercising one's intellect; perceived by the intellect
- 1916, Joseph McCabe, The Tyranny of Shams Chapter IX
- A good deal of nonsense is written about sport and entertainment. Many of us can, with pleasant ease, suspend a severely intellectual task for a few hours to witness a first-class football match.
- Relating to the understanding; treating of the mind.
- (archaic, poetic) Spiritual.
- 1805, William Wordsworth, The Prelude, Book II, lines 331-334 (eds. Jonathan Wordsworth, M. H. Abrams, & Stephen Gill, published by W. W. Norton & Company, 1979):
- I deem not profitless those fleeting moods / Of shadowy exultation; not for this, / That they are kindred to our purer mind / And intellectual life […]
- 1805, William Wordsworth, The Prelude, Book II, lines 331-334 (eds. Jonathan Wordsworth, M. H. Abrams, & Stephen Gill, published by W. W. Norton & Company, 1979):
Antonyms
- nonintellectual
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Noun
intellectual (plural intellectuals)
- An intelligent, learned person, especially one who discourses about learned matters.
- Synonym: highbrow
- Coordinate terms: egghead, nerd, geek
- 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, pp. 20–21:
- ‘You know I hate intellectuals.’
‘You mean you hate people who are cleverer than you are.’
‘Yes. I suppose that's why I like you so much, Tom.’
- ‘You know I hate intellectuals.’
- (archaic) The intellect or understanding; mental powers or faculties.
- 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, London: Edw. Dod & Nath. Ekins, 1650, Book I, Chapter 1, p. 2,[1]
- […] although their intellectuals had not failed in the theory of truth, yet did the inservient and brutall faculties control the suggestion of reason […]
- 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, London: Edw. Dod & Nath. Ekins, 1650, Book I, Chapter 1, p. 2,[1]
Derived terms
- public intellectual
Translations
See also
- intelligentsia
References
- intellectual in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- "intellectual" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 169.
intellectual From the web:
- what intellectual property
- what intellectual movement was key to the renaissance
- what intellectual mean
- what intellectual developments led to the enlightenment
- what intellectual disability
- what intellectual disability mean
Share
Tweet
+1
Share
Pin
Like
Send
Share
you may also like
- theoretic vs intellectual
- hold vs embody
- pike vs harpoon
- nonnative vs emigre
- call vs cheer
- insurgent vs riotous
- intolerant vs reactionary
- flock vs array
- liberated vs unconnected
- awfulness vs torment
- cavalier vs considerate
- nonplussed vs disturbed
- politic vs underhand
- denunciatory vs vilifying
- move vs pilot
- acquire vs copy
- heartache vs desolation
- degraded vs lewd
- concluded vs perfect
- end vs desire