Definition of "intellection" in English

noun

1. (uncountable) The mental activity or process of grasping with the intellect; apprehension by the mind; understanding.

   • The purpose of philosophy is to unite oneself with the objects of the intellect, and even at last with the One that is above all intellection.

2. (countable) A particular act of grasping by means of the intellect.

3. (countable) The mental content of an act of grasping by means of the intellect, as a thought, idea, or conception.

   • When Banerjee talks about the artist's thinking about the music, she is not referring to an intellection about the mechanics of technique.