Definition of "intellectual" in Englisch

adjective

1. Pertaining to, or performed by, the intellect; mental or cognitive.

   • intellectual powers, activities, etc.
   • 1920, Harold Monro, Preface to 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

2. Endowed with intellect; having a keen sense of understanding; having the capacity for higher forms of knowledge or thought; characterized by intelligence or cleverness

   • an intellectual person

3. Suitable for exercising one's intellect; perceived by the intellect

   • intellectual employments

4. Relating to the understanding; treating of the mind.

   • intellectual philosophy, sometimes called "mental" philosophy

5. (archaic, poetic) Spiritual.

   • I deem not profitless those fleeting moods / Of shadowy exultation; not for this, / That they are kindred to our purer mind / And intellectual life […]

noun

1. An intelligent, learned person, especially one who discourses about learned matters.

2. (archaic) The intellect or understanding; mental powers or faculties.