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.
Nathaniel Hawthorne