intellect

  • 41INTELLECT — s. m. (On prononce le C et le T ; on fait aussi sentir les deux L dans ce mot et dans tous les mots suivants qui sont de la même famille.) T. didactique. La faculté de l âme qu on nomme aussi l Entendement …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 42INTELLECT — n. m. T. didactique La faculté de l’âme qu’on nomme aussi Entendement, et qui est une sorte d’intelligence métaphysique, de faculté de connaître supérieure …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • 43Intellect — Intelligence Psychologie Approches et courants Psychodynamique • Humanisme • …

    Wikipédia en Français

  • 44intellect — /in tl ekt /, n. 1. the power or faculty of the mind by which one knows or understands, as distinguished from that by which one feels and that by which one wills; the understanding; the faculty of thinking and acquiring knowledge. 2. capacity for …

    Universalium

  • 45intellect — in·tel·lect int əl .ekt n 1) the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will: the capacity for knowledge 2) the capacity for rational or intelligent thought in·tel·lec·tu·al .int əl ek ch(ə w)əl, eksh wəl adj… …

    Medical dictionary

  • 46INTELLECT —    the faculty of clear and decisive intelligence, or of instant and sure perception …

    The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

  • 47intellect — in·tel·lect || ɪntÉ™lekt n. power of knowing, mental capacity, mind, reason; highly intelligent person …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 48intellect — noun 1》 the faculty of reasoning and understanding objectively.     ↘a person s mental powers. 2》 a clever person. Origin ME: from L. intellectus understanding , from intellegere (see intelligence) …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 49intellect — n. Understanding, reason, mind, sense, brains, thinking principle, reasoning faculty, rational faculty, discursive faculty, intellectual powers, intellectual faculties, cognitive faculty, cognitive powers, power of cognition …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 50intellect — n 1. reason, cognition, rationality, consciousness, comprehension, understanding, thought, sense, common sense; apprehension, intuition, perception, percipience, insight; brain, head, skull, headpiece, cerebrum, Inf. noggin. 2. aptitude,… …

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