cerebral
adjEtymology Semantic loan from Sanskrit मूर्धन्य (mūrdhanya, “pertaining to the head”).
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Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences Obsolete Retroflex.
cerebral
adjUK /ˈsɛ.ɹɪb.ɹəl/ · US /səˈɹi.bɹəl/
Etymology Borrowing from French cérébral, from Latin cerebrum (“a brain”); equivalent to cerebrum + -al.
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Anatomy, Medicine, Sciences Relational Of or relating to the brain, cerebrum, or cerebral cortex.
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Intellectual rather than emotional or physical.
- Certainly, “Capital” is a cerebral read and the dangers of the world Marx lived in are not all the same as ours.2024 September 19, James Miller, “Karl Marx, Weirder Than Ever”, in The New York Times Book Review, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
- His cerebral candidacy, inspired by European and North American political and economic philosophers, and his very appearance, with his light-colored skin, trim physique and penchant for preppy sweaters, contrasted with an electorate largely made up of impoverished Quechua-speaking people and Spanish-speaking mestizos.2025 April 13, Simon Romero, “Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel-Winning Peruvian Novelist, Dies at 89”, in The New York Times:
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