different between overintellectualize vs intellectualize
overintellectualize
English
Etymology
over- +? intellectualize
Verb
overintellectualize (third-person singular simple present overintellectualizes, present participle overintellectualizing, simple past and past participle overintellectualized)
- To treat something in an excessively intellectual manner
See also
- intellectualize
- overintellectualization
References
- OED 2004 (online)
overintellectualize From the web:
- what does over intellectualize mean
- intellectualize define
- what does it mean to intellectualize something
intellectualize
English
Alternative forms
- intellectualise (UK)
Etymology
intellectual +? -ize
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?nt??l?kt?u?la?z/
Verb
intellectualize (third-person singular simple present intellectualizes, present participle intellectualizing, simple past and past participle intellectualized) (transitive)
- To treat in an intellectual manner; to discuss or express intellectually.
- 1867, James Russell Lowell, Rousseau and the Sentimentalists
- Sentiment is intellectualized emotion.
- 1867, James Russell Lowell, Rousseau and the Sentimentalists
- To endow with intellect; to bestow intellectual qualities upon; to cause to become intellectual.
- (US) To find a seemingly rational explanation for something.
- (psychology) To use (excessive) reasoning and rationalization to block out emotional stress and anxiety associated with painful or traumatic experiences.
Derived terms
- overintellectualize
Translations
intellectualize From the web:
- what intellectualize mean
- what does intellectualism mean
- what is intellectualized language
- what does intellectualize mean in psychology
- what does intellectualize mean
- what does intellectualize mean in spanish
- what does over intellectualize mean
- intellectualize define
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