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Definition of: intellectualism
(in′tə·lek′ch·əl·iz′əm) noun
1. Intellectual quality or power; intellectuality.
2. Devotion to intellectual occupation.
3. Belief in the supremacy of the intellect among human faculties.
4. The doctrine that the ultimate principle of all reality is intellect or reason.
—in′tel·lec′tu·al·ist noun
—in′tel·lec′tu·al·is′tic adjective
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