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Definition of "intellective" [in•tel•lec•tive]

  • Of, relating to, or generated by the intellect. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "intellective" in a sentence
  • "Obj. 3: Further, if the vice of curiosity can be about any kind of intellective knowledge, it would be chiefly about the philosophical sciences."
  • "Shivani: You always make a distinction between the intellectual and the intellective."
  • "Shivani: Was Allen Ginsberg intellectual or intellective?"