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Noun: intellectualism  `in-tu'lek-choo-u`li-zum
  1. (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge is acquired by reason without resort to experience
    - rationalism
     
  2. The doctrine that knowledge is derived from pure reason; rationalism

Derived forms: intellectualisms

Type of: philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory

Encyclopedia: Intellectualism