Associations to the word «Intellectualization»

Wiktionary

INTELLECTUALIZATION, noun. (uncountable) the act or process of intellectualizing
INTELLECTUALIZATION, noun. (countable) an instance of such a process

Dictionary definition

INTELLECTUALIZATION, noun. (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that uses reasoning to block out emotional stress and conflict.

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin