intellectualize

Example Sentences

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Putting all intellectualizing aside for a moment, the main reason "Peacemaker" succeeds is because it remembers to have a good time while delivering a satisfying wallop to people that we can universally agree are terrible.

From Salon • Feb. 18, 2022

I was spiraling about what it all meant, intellectualizing my grief into metaphor.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2021

“I don’t think there was much intellectualizing about why we did it; it was just instinctual,” Zvibleman said.

From Slate • Mar. 1, 2019

There is a logical point behind what I am saying, not just cynical intellectualizing garbage.

From New York Times • Dec. 26, 2017

The higher we go in intellectualizing ourselves, the closer we draw to the cosmic consciousness, and the more familiar we become with its laws.

From Freedom Talks No. II by Seton, Julia, M.D.