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’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

Levi doesn’t intellectualize it like that, doesn’t have a straightforward intention.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2023

Which, for some, is easier to intellectualize than practice.

From New York Times • Aug. 3, 2019

How people who can’t face their own negative emotions intellectualize things?

From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King