cerebral
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7.6
- adjective
- /səˈrɛbrəl/
- Formal
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cerebral
- The lecture was very cerebral, focusing on complex theories instead of emotional appeals.
- more cerebral
So how do you shut these cerebral narcissists down?
- So how do you shut these cerebral narcissists down?
- I don't and didn't plan in a cerebral way the form of the things they carried.
- We both of us are monetizing cerebral horsepower, right?
- I was making it about the object itself, and that's too cerebral, you know?
- It's an idea which sounds so terribly cerebral.
- And then I would maybe say when it comes to like stopping yourself praying at the altar of cerebral horsepower quite so much.
- And those only seem to come about what I'm not thinking, thinking in a cerebral way.
- And I think it also has to do with you find the best actors I know are very cerebral, intelligent people.
- And then with my father it was more like the top of the cerebral mental game of how to think about complex systems and make connections and analyze the world.
- And here is a pragmatic thing, the the scientist, the cerebral thinking about movement.
- And it was very cerebral because it weren't to add very nice.
- I feel like I've met a lot of people in comedy who are, you know, kind of lampoon, very cerebral, very smart and often a bit aggressive.
Examples
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I wanted something more cerebral, eloquent and dignified.
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And our culture is so cerebral, and we think that thinking is superior to the physical being.
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Your work is more cerebral than I expected.
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My fun is just a little more cerebral than yours.
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I know that we think of law as something that is cerebral.
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You probably think I'm too cerebral.
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Generally, there are three types of data management systems: cerebral, manual, and electronic.
Academic text (1998) -
What a great question that gets my cerebral juices going.
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It's completely cerebral, isn't it?
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Ms. Emshwiller's new story fits in with this cerebral theme.
Fiction book (2001)
Synonyms
388
3.0
Relating to the mind and how a person thinks
380
5.5
About thinking, ideas, and mental effort rather than feelings
Relating to thinking and understanding
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
14
4.2
A long-term condition that limits movement and body position due to brain damage before or soon after birth
- Specialized
13
5.0
The outer layer of the brain that helps thinking, remembering, and deciding
- Specialized
1
6.3
One of the two halves of the brain that control movement, feeling, and thinking
- Specialized
1
7.6
A large artery in the brain that gives blood to much of the outer brain
- Specialized
1
6.7
A weak bulge in a brain artery that can burst and cause bleeding
- Specialized
1
6.7
A blood clot in a blood vessel in the brain that blocks blood flow and can cause a stroke
- Specialized
1
6.7
A blood vessel that carries blood to the back part of the brain
- Specialized
A narrow tube in the brain that joins two fluid filled spaces and lets brain fluid flow
- Specialized
Complete and permanent loss of all brain activity and consciousness while the body may still have a heartbeat
- Specialized
Layer of grey brain cells that forms the outer part and handles thinking and senses
- Specialized
A bundle of nerve fibers on each brainstem side that links the brain and spinal cord
- Specialized
A vein deep in the side of the brain that drains blood toward the base of the brain
- Specialized
A blood vessel on each side that carries blood to the front part of the brain
- Specialized
A vein that drains blood from the front part of the brain into a deeper brain vein
- Specialized
A deep fold in the brain that separates the front and side parts
- Specialized
A large blood vessel in the brain that carries blood from deep parts to a channel called the straight sinus
- Specialized
A blood vessel that carries blood from the lower surface of the brain to large channels inside the head
- Specialized
Small blood vessels under the brain that carry blood into large internal channels
- Specialized
A vein in the middle of the brain that drains blood from deep parts
- Specialized
A large vein along the Sylvian fissure on the side of the brain that drains into the cavernous sinus
- Specialized
A brain vein that drains blood from the top half of the brain
How Intellectual
Surface Forms
Morphology
cerebral = cerebrum (semi-transparent) = cerebr + al
The adjective is built regularly from 'cerebrum' + '-al', but the intellectual sense is a conventional figurative extension of the brain-related meaning.
Etymology
The word cerebral comes from the same Latin cerebrum meaning 'brain', and it is used for ideas, films, or writing that use careful thought or the mind rather than strong feeling.