Associations to the word «Intellectualize»
Wiktionary
INTELLECTUALIZE, verb. To treat in an intellectual manner; to discuss or express intellectually.
INTELLECTUALIZE, verb. To endow with intellect; to bestow intellectual qualities upon; to cause to become intellectual.
INTELLECTUALIZE, verb. (US) (transitive) to find a seemingly rational explanation for something:
INTELLECTUALIZE, verb. (psychology) to use (excessive) reasoning and rationalization to block out emotional stress and anxiety associated with painful or traumatic experiences
Wise words
Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing
in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in
the hands of one who knows how to combine them.