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intellective

intellective

8.7
Relating to thinking and understanding
  • adjective
  • /ˌɪntəˈlɛktɪv/
  • Formal
translation icon : intelectual
  • Only when the intellective soul is present can the matter of a human being be a body.
  • intellective and sensitive
  • intellective, sensitive, and vegetative

And it can be broken up either actually in octave or in the mind intellective.

Examples

  • On its keystone is man, the only animal with an intellective soul.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Therefore, if the intellective soul gives being to the human person, it also determines its substantial unity.

    Academic text (2017)
  • For this special status of the intellective soul goes along with the ontological priority of form to matter.

    Academic text (2017)
  • And as we argued above, this is possible only when the intellective soul itself is held to be as immaterial as its intellective power.

    Academic text (2017)
  • For whatever it contributes, it contributes in virtue of the intellective soul as its unique substantial form.

    Academic text (2017)
  • Furthermore, the distinction between the intellective soul and the intellective power is a distinction between substantial and accidental forms.

    Academic text (2017)
  • The last question presumes that the intellective soul should be an independent subject-agent to have its own operation.

    Academic text (2017)
  • No doubt, Aquinas cannot accept an unqualified identity of a human person with his intellective soul.

    Academic text (2017)
  • Therefore, one cannot claim without additional argument that the intellective soul as such is nonetheless a form of the body rather than an immaterial entity.

    Academic text (2017)
  • Educational programs should focus on developing intellective skills in students to prepare them for critical thinking.

Synonyms

intellectual
vsintellective
380 5.5

About thinking, ideas, and mental effort rather than feelings

relates generally to thinking and reasoning without opposing emotion

Antonyms

192 4.4

Not based on clear reason or thinking

Not smart or slow to understand

How Intellectual

intellectual
380 5.5
intellective
  • Formal
8.7
theoretical
133 6.3
cognitive
  • Specialized
134 5.4
practical
507 2.6
emotional
648 3.0

Surface Forms

intellective positive

Morphology

intellective = intellect (transparent) = intellect + ive

Formed by the noun 'intellect' plus the productive adjectival suffix '-ive', yielding 'relating to intellectual activity'.

Etymology

Intellective comes from the same root as intellect and intelligent, from the Latin intelligere meaning 'to understand', so it describes things that are about thinking or understanding.