intellectualistic
- adjective
- /ˌɪntəˈlɛkʧuəˌlɪstɪk/
- Formal
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intelectualista
- While her theories were fascinating, they were criticized for being too intellectualistic and impractical.
Examples
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His arguments were overly intellectualistic, neglecting the emotional aspects of the issue.
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We are multidimensional creatures, and our intellectual capabilities are but one factor in the exercise of our wills: an intellectualistic conception of will cannot adjudicate the claims of our volition, let alone those of nonhuman creation.
Academic text (1994) -
Clearly, Steiner's method of "extending" physical science into spiritual science also had to avoid various extremes: on the one hand, a mere intellectualistic conceptualism devoid of human affect and volition; and on the other, fantastic thinking and sentimentalism.
Academic text (1991) -
Actually, so that our example does not reproduce an "overly intellectualistic epistemology" and instead takes into account "the entire personality," (33) let us suppose that not only our intellectual abilities, but also our entire selves, our complete constitution, are refashioned from the encounter in a totally unpredictable way.
Academic text (2018) -
The professor's intellectualistic lectures often left students feeling disconnected from real-world applications.
Synonyms
380
5.5
About thinking, ideas, and mental effort rather than feelings
47
7.0
The belief that the mind makes reality rather than matter
4
9.5
Sticking to fixed ideas and refusing to change them even if they do not work
Using very complicated ideas and talk that are hard to follow
Relating to thinking and understanding
Not doing things in a practical or realistic way
Antonyms
How Intellectual
133
6.3
- Formal
380
5.5
101
1.0
507
2.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
intellectualistic = intellectual (transparent) = intellect + ual + istic
Formed by adding the adjective-forming suffix '-istic' to the familiar adjective 'intellectual', so the meaning is directly derived as 'characterized by being intellectual' (with a possible pejorative nuance).
Etymology
The word intellectualistic comes from intellectual, which comes from a Latin word meaning 'understanding', and the ending -istic means 'in the style of' or 'relating to'. So intellectualistic describes a way of thinking that focuses too much on ideas and theory and often ignores practical or emotional parts.