intellective

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22
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12

Definition of intellective

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Of, related to, or caused by the intellect.
    “Intellective codes are those that have been designed to organize knowledge about some field, functioning as mental templates for understanding the world. A perfect example of an intellective code is that of trigonometry, […]”
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adj

  1. Of, related to, or caused by the intellect.
    “Intellective codes are those that have been designed to organize knowledge about some field, functioning as mental templates for understanding the world. A perfect example of an intellective code is that of trigonometry, […]”
  2. Having the capacity to reason and understand.
    “The human is, after all, the only truly intellective animal, and the language he employs is, as Bickerton observes, like no other form of animal communication.”

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Etymology

From Middle French intellectif and its etymon the post-Classical Latin intellēctīvus, from intellegō.

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