Definition of "intellectualized" [intellectualized]

• Simple past tense and past participle of intellectualize. (verb)

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• "For three years, he writes that he "intellectualized" his problem, convinced that his intelligence and training would allow him to maintain control over his drug use and prevent negative consequences."
• "What we have here is a kind of intellectualized Ponzi scheme: The suckers are baited by a quick payoff in the form of the cheap, transient satisfaction that goes with despising those of another class, race or political persuasion."
• "It is difficult to render this word in the sense in which Rathenau uses it; 'intellectualized' does not say enough, and 'spiritualized' says a little too much.] [Footnote 32: Assuming that the highest output is reached in the particular instance which of course will not be the case with every worker whether in the mechanical or intellectual sphere."