intellectualism

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Recent Examples of intellectualism Its popularity is improbable by virtue of its unapologetic intellectualism, increasingly alien in a highly anti-intellectual era. Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 15 Jan. 2026 Also, Dustin’s girlfriend is at his level and an equal, a testimony to his airy intellectualism. Lisa Stardust, PEOPLE, 26 Nov. 2025 Look, this isn’t a lament against intellectualism. Mara Reinstein, HollywoodReporter, 24 Nov. 2025 Many commentators have framed this as a symptom of anti-intellectualism. The New Yorker, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for intellectualism
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Noun
  • This intent aligned with the nation’s urgent emphasis on education as a defense against mob rule.
    Sebastian Smee, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
  • Tall served as Mali’s education and science minister from 2016 to 2017 and is the president of the National Congress for Democratic Initiative, a political party opposed to the military government.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2026
Noun
  • In sixteenth-century Italian pedante comedies, the Latin tutors—always the butt of the joke—are known more for the gaps in their knowledge than for their erudition.
    Clare Bucknell, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026
  • In her coda, Woo writes with great compassion and erudition about what can’t be found in archives, particularly the specifics of how Ellen Craft died.
    Nicholas Boggs, The Atlantic, 22 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • What are some learnings from putting together the first two festivals that have informed your work on the third?
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 4 May 2026
  • The evidence is overwhelming that constant phone use is damaging attention, learning and mental health, and schools need the backing to enforce real limits.
    Linh Tat, Oc Register, 4 May 2026
Noun
  • The nonprofit also marked Gianna’s birthday by announcing its latest round of scholarship recipients.
    Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 2 May 2026
  • East Side Storage has promised to pay at least $27 million in property taxes over the course of those 20 years and pay between $1 million and $2 million in community benefits up front, as well as $50,000 in annual scholarships throughout the term of the project.
    Sofi Zeman May 2, Kansas City Star, 2 May 2026
Noun
  • Boston Public Schools laid out a new policy to tackle emerging issues of artificial intelligence in schools for the School Committee’s consideration, taking aim at regulating use in classrooms, technological literacy training and addressing harm to student through tools like deepfakes.
    Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 7 May 2026
  • The law sets aside $70 million to hire more than 1,300 literacy coaches to help improve reading skills among students statewide.
    La'Tasha Givens, CBS News, 6 May 2026
Noun
  • Every personal finance review is based on rigorous reporting by our team of expert writers and editors with extensive knowledge of personal finance products.
    Liz Knueven, CNBC, 2 May 2026
  • Many also seem to have extensive local knowledge of the region, its heritage and its crafts.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 May 2026
Noun
  • Banks’ lack of effort during the 2024 season, in fact, was one of the factors that drove Dexter Lawrence to his breaking point of frustration in trying to lead a team without a winning culture of accountability out of the abyss.
    Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 4 May 2026
  • The 2014 Met Gala remains etched in pop culture history — not just for the red carpet fashion, but for the dramatic footage of Jay-Z and Solange fighting in The Standard hotel elevator following an afterparty at the Boom Boom Room in New York City.
    Alyssa Modos, PEOPLE, 4 May 2026
Noun
  • There are ancient civilizations that have achieved extremely sophisticated engineering.
    Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 4 May 2026
  • His planet has dealt with great wars that have devastated civilization and left advanced weaponry accessible to very few people.
    Sanat Pai RaikarAll, Encyclopedia Britannica, 4 May 2026

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“Intellectualism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intellectualism. Accessed 8 May. 2026.

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