All 3 Uses of
intellectual
in
Fahrenheit 451
- Out of the nursery into the college and back to the nursery; there's your intellectual pattern for the past five centuries or more.
p. 52.5 *intellectual = related to education and intelligence
- With school turning out more runners, jumpers, racers, tinkerers, grabbers, snatchers, fliers, and swimmers instead of examiners, critics, knowers, and imaginative creators, the word 'intellectual,' of course, became the swear word it deserved to be.
p. 55.7intellectual = highly educated person
- Playing the stock market, of course, the last refuge in the world for the dangerous intellectual out of a job.
p. 86.8 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(intellectual as in: intellectual stimulation) related to intelligence -- such as requiring, appealing to, or possessing intelligence
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(2)
(intellectual as in: She is an intellectual.) a highly educated person interested in learning and exploring ideas -- sometimes while ignoring practical considerations