intellectual
adjectiveRelating to thought, understanding, or the exercise of the mind.
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Clear all filtersRelating to thought, understanding, or the exercise of the mind.
An unwillingness to accept beliefs, behavior, or people different from one's own.
Refusal to accept differences
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Unwilling to accept views, behavior, or people regarded as different or objectionable.
Unwilling to accept differences
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Open to unfamiliar ideas or ways of living rather than narrowly bound by convention.
Open to different ideas
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Very high or elevated; figuratively, ambitious, noble, or expressed with superiority.
Very high
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A word or phrase repeated frequently as a guiding idea; also a sacred utterance in some traditions.
Frequently repeated guiding phrase
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An emphasis on possessions and physical comfort; in philosophy, the view that reality is fundamentally material.
Priority given to possessions
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Nearsighted; figuratively, failing to consider broader or longer-term consequences.
Lacking foresight
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A person who does not follow generally accepted beliefs, customs, or patterns of behavior.
Person departing from convention
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Limited to narrow local concerns or experiences.
Able to influence belief or action through convincing reasons or presentation.
Developing by stages or favoring reform and new approaches.
Developing in stages
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Narrow in outlook or limited by local experience and assumptions.
Willing to listen to, consider, or accept ideas and suggestions.
Having a strong scent or strongly suggesting a particular quality or memory.
Strongly scented
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Suggesting or bringing to mind something else.
A state of pleasant, dreamy thought.
A state of calm and peacefulness.
Planned with a broader or longer-term objective in mind.
Having the same or nearly the same meaning, or being closely associated in people's minds.
Same or nearly the same meaning
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A condition of calm and peacefulness.
Shared by everyone in a group.
Lacking meaningful thought, substance, or ideas.
Showing little sense or intelligence in a particular action or remark.
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