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intellection

[ in-tl-ek-shuhn ]

noun

  1. the action or process of understanding; the exercise of the intellect; reasoning.
  2. a particular act of the intellect.
  3. the result of such an act; a notion, thought, or idea.


intellection

/ ˌɪ²Ô³Ùɪˈ±ôÉ›°ìʃə²Ô /

noun

  1. mental activity; thought
  2. an idea or thought
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of intellection1

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin ¾±²Ô³Ù±ð±ô±ôŧ³¦³Ù¾±Å²Ô- (stem of ¾±²Ô³Ù±ð±ô±ôŧ³¦³Ù¾±Å ); intellect, -ion
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When the second half begins to drift, the absence of electric drive-by observation and intellection becomes more apparent.

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Even its harshest critics had to acknowledge its ambition; it took on Argentina’s Dirty War, gaming culture and high theory, wrangling with the problem of how to dramatize intellection and laying bare a fascinating mind.

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Trethewey’s memoir is a controlled burn of chaos and intellection; it’s a memoir that will really lay you out.

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It is a controlled burn of chaos and intellection; it is a memoir that will really lay you out.â€

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In books of the 1920s and ’30s — the Golden Age — one can experience the calm of austere intellection, observe the restoration of order after chaos.

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