intellectualizing

/IH0 N T AH0 L EH1 K CH UW0 AH0 L AY0 Z IH0 NG/
verb
  1. 1

    To treat in an intellectual manner; to discuss or express intellectually.

    โ€œSentiment is intellectualized emotion. โ€” Lowell.โ€

  2. 2

    To endow with intellect; to bestow intellectual qualities upon; to cause to become intellectual.

  3. 3

    To find a seemingly rational explanation for something.

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