intellectualize
pronunciation
How to pronounce intellectualize in British English:
UK [ˌɪntɪ'lektjʊəlaɪz]
How to pronounce intellectualize in American English:
US [ˌɪntlˈɛktʃuəˌlaɪz]
Word Origin
- intellectualize (v.)
- 1819, from intellectual + -ize. Related: Intellectualized; intellectualizing.
Example
- 1. Why do you always have to intellectualize everything ?
- 2. She has a tendency to intellectualize everything .
- 3. The best traders don 't try to hide from these unknown variables by pretending they don 't exist , nor do they try to intellectualize or rationalize them away through market analysis .
- 4. And you still don 't realize ...... you still intellectualize this concept ...... you have yet to feel in your hearts what this is like .