intellectualism

== English == === Etymology === From intellectual +‎ -ism. === Noun === intellectualism (countable and uncountable, plural intellectualisms) The use or development of the intellect. (philosophy) The doctrine that knowledge is derived from pure reason. (sociology) The use of mental attributes as a criterion or value. ==== Synonyms ==== (doctrine that knowledge is derived from pure reason): rationalism ==== Derived terms ==== anti-intellectualism nonintellectualism pseudointellectualism ==== Related terms ==== intellectualist ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “intellectualism”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “intellectualism”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.