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Intellectualist

Intellectualist \In`tel*lec"tu*al*ist\, n.

  1. One who overrates the importance of the understanding. [R.]
    --Bacon.

  2. One who accepts the doctrine of intellectualism.

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intellectualist

n. An adherent of one of the forms of intellectualism.