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intellectual dissonance

The phenomenon of being opposed to a subject or topic like censorship, yet finding it intriguing and worthwhile to study. This term captures the conflict between personal beliefs and the intellectual curiosity that drives someone to explore contentious or challenging subjects.
Even though I have strong reservations about censorship, my intellectual dissonance compelled me to delve into its implications on freedom of expression.
by Emotional Cruiser September 19, 2025
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Intellectual Rapist

Intellectual Rapist is a type of gossiper who enjoys meddling in business and affairs of other people for the sake of their own mild curiosity. For example, people who gossip about marriages of others and about drama and the ones who want to seek "the truth" even if it hurts others are intellectual rapists.

In umineko visual novel, intellectual rapists are the "goats" characters who symbolize the curiosity of the people from the Internet and the Future about Rokkejima mystery and their desire to forge "theories" about what happened at the expense of the dignity of the deceased.
Goat 1: Battler Culprit Theory... Battler is the culprit.
Angie: Leave my family, you intellectual rapist goat!
by Andrew Whiteingale W w00t October 21, 2025
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TikTok Intellectual

A person who posts grossly misinformed, disingenuous, or flat out deceptive shit on TikTok about politics or science and smugly and delusionally acts as though they are experts on the subject.
Rhonda posted a video about how climate change is the result of rich white people driving luxury cars. What a TikTok Intellectual.
by JohnWashington December 19, 2023
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Sexual intellectuals

Sexual intellectuals
There were three sexual intellectuals at my door.
by anonymous January 5, 2021
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Intellectualizing

When you or someone you know take something simple and hyper-analyze it to reach absurd conclusions.
Bob thinks that his attraction to tits is related to his maternal issues. He's a fucking idiot and intellectualizing. Sometimes you just like big tits.
by Freud's Evil Cousin July 26, 2023
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Intellectual Sexual

When a person is sexually attracted to an individual, because of their intelligence.
When I hear him/her/they speak about deep things and intellectual topics, I get turned on. I think I am an Intellectual Sexual.
by Chastity Queen March 6, 2021
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Intellectual

To be the most of calderon's intellectuals
by Calederon the philosopher March 15, 2022
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