intellectualization

noun

intellectualization

noun

Etymology From intellectual + -ization or intellectualize + -ation.

1

The act or process of intellectualizing.

To me, part of the power of dealing with images is that they can bypass the intellectualization process, they can go right to making you feel something.1981 August 8, Maida Tilchen, Joan E. Biren, “Picturing Lesbians”, in Gay Community News, page 12:

Derived terms: deintellectualization, overintellectualization

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