as in intellectuals
a person with strong intellectual interests being an intellectualist, he has little in common with the status-seeking philistines who live next door
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intellectuals
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In it, a group of Catholic intellectuals discussed a new school opening in Steubenville, Ohio.—
Emma Green, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2026
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Just last month it was reported that Cesar Chavez, the United Farm Workers organiser, raped women and girls, and Noam Chomsky—one of the left’s foremost intellectuals whose most popular book is called Manufacturing Consent—is right there on the Epstein private jet.— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Apr. 2026
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