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intellectually honest

Opposite if "intellectually dishonest"; an unemotional, logical, and "honest" expression of the truth without the omission of any suporting facts. Yet another buzz word that is itself an example of what it tries to define usually used by rightwingers.
The buzz word or catch phrase "intellectually honest" is itself intelelctually dishonest. This is because you are either being honest or your not; there's no "intellect" involved.
by t-bone1997 February 1, 2007
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intellectual

A person whose education surpasses their intelligence.
Our intellectual president has a master's of business administration.
by E47my5hit&D1E February 1, 2007
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interlectual property

A legal entitlement which sometimes attaches to the expressed form of an idea, or to some other abstract subject matter. This reflects that the idea is a product of one's mind or intellect, and that property rights can be applied to these ideas and that they may be protected by law in the same way as any other form of property.
John's idea to promote reality television became his own interlectual property and will earn him substantial royalties from here on out.
by kharrell June 29, 2006
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Intellectual

Someone who thinks they are better than the "commen people".
George Orwell (aka Eric Blair) hated intellectuals.
by 'sup P May 13, 2005
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intellectualer

This is a real word It means that he's better than you.
We are more intellectualer!
by Clevererer November 20, 2010
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pseudo-intellectual

Derogatory term aimed at people giving information, and sometimes misinformation, without the credentials to do so. These people often type as if they are scientists, blindly citing wikipedia.
X: You're retarded so who cares about your opininon, Y.
Y: According to wikipedia, and I cite, that is an argumentum ad hominem, or a logical fallacy attempting to link the validity of a premise to a characteristic or belief of the opponent advocating the premise.
X: Stop being a pseudo-intellectual.
by tinygiantz April 7, 2011
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pseudo-intellectual

Tom O'Brien is the quintessence of a pseudo-intellectual.

He wants to become some sort of engineer, unfortunately his SAT scores don't synchronize.
Person 1:Why are you wearing that beige colored hat?
THOB: To my superior knowledge, I believe that such a hat is worthy enough to be placed upon my educated head...for no reason other than pleasure and sophistication.
Person 1: ...uh, stop trying to impress me with your faux intelligence, cretin.
by RichardKarn December 10, 2004
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