intellectualize

Example Sentences

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“If you’re able to intellectualize that information and verbalize, this isn’t for you,” she says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 22, 2025

“I think I was trying to intellectualize my feelings to get away from being vulnerable,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2025

I’m a psychologist and so the way I manage any negative feelings is to intellectualize: I think about the causes and context of a situation.

From Salon • Dec. 9, 2024

He did not intellectualize or sentimentalize the game, or rationalize his love for it.

From Washington Post • Jul. 22, 2020

Similar to many of the other methods, the Orff Schulwerk emphasizes that children should experience first and then analyze or intellectualize about music afterwards, and encourages hands-on music-making regardless of skill level.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin