intellectual instinct

1. A phrase describing the act of habitually reserving judgment regarding people, places, and/or situations;

2. Avoiding forming opinions and conclusions which one is not required or beholden to form.

Ex. "It is preferable to exercise intellectual instinct if you don't have a reason not to."

by jack1e August 21, 2010

Pseudo-Intellectual

The "intellectual" way to say smartass/smart-aleck/smartypants

The liberal arts guy are sorta Pseudo-Intellectual

by Sir. B September 19, 2020

Abomination Intellectuals

Prima facie intellectual people who are conveniently and absurdly hyperintellectual when it comes to carrying out their interests and suddenly without warning sharply anti-intellectual when it comes to protecting their perceived sources of income, donors/patrons/supporters, inter alia. In other words, a hack.

Example 1)

Abomination Intellectual (i.e. A Hack; Satire of an Intellectual Person): "place A is bad, they killed thousands of people via poisoned toothpicks"

Questioner (i.e. Actual Intellectual Person): "place B who funded your talk killed thousands of people via poisoned straws."

Questioner Thinking: "Why are there so many of these abomination intellectuals, fake people, charlatans? who regulates these people?"

Abomination Intellectual: "The hour is up, thank you for coming to my talk." (i.e. the irony is that neglectful silence is anti-intellectual)

Example 2) Abomination Intellectual: "Give me your money and i'll silence your critics intellectually giving you the space to enjoy your ill gotten gains, while the attention is all on me."

by Gemma5702 December 16, 2021

Intellectual Farce

Someone who falsely believes they're intelligent, but only produces profoundly stupid and irrational thoughts and beliefs. Their source of information is almost entirely made up of Google searches.

The intellectual farce, recommended hydroponic skyscrapers as a way to solve the problem of global warming's negative effect on food production.

by Slick Lion January 20, 2016

Community College Intellectual

A person who has taken 100 level classes at the local junior college in philosophy, psychology, and literature and pretends to be an intellectual by sprinkling obscure references in everyday speech. Somehow a reference to Kierkegaard will suddenly show up when deciding which toppings should go on a pizza. Or some reference they heard from the show Big Bang Theory, without citing the source, about Schrödinger's cat will pop up because they think it will impress everyone.

The comedian Dennis Miller is a good example.

"If John is so smart, why does he work as a dishwasher at Shakey's"

"Don't be fooled, John is a Community College Intellectual with an inferiority complex."

by artist1955 November 18, 2022

INTELLECTUAL WEBSTER

An Intellectual Webster is a mental midget. It is a combination of the word Intellectual and Webster, taken from the 1980s comedy show Webster, starring Emmanuel Lewis. Lewis is a well known celebrity midget. Someone who makes statements that are factually incorrect, while purporting them as fact. Someone one who lacks the cerebral cognitive ability to formulate a sentence. Mispronunciation, misspelling of words, or an individual who only speaks using words with no more than one syllable because anything over that, would immediately cause sensory overload and a breakdown of any remaining brain cells left. These are just some of the hallmarks of being an Intellectual Webster.

Joe: I just had a conversation with a mental midget. She mispronounced every word, spoke only using words that had only one syllable, and couldn’t make one factual statement. She just regurgitated the usual cliched and erroneous talking points of her party. I had to walk away for my own mental well being. A real Intellectual Webster.

John: It’s best to avoid those types at all costs.

by Poe Edgar May 19, 2025

intellectualer

To be smarter than somebody else

"Zeno, I'm so much intellectualer than you."

by viiluvs December 13, 2023