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älyllinen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • cerebral adj Relating to the brain.
  • intellectual adj Relating to the ability to think and reason, rather than to emotions or physical skill.
  • intelligent adj Having or showing a strong ability to learn, reason, and understand.
  • sapient adj Possessing discernment and wisdom; learned, wise.
  • sentient adj Able to perceive, feel, or experience things consciously.
  • spiritual adjective Relating to the soul, religion, or matters beyond the physical world.

Senses

älyllinen is used for these senses in English:

  • cerebral Intellectual rather than emotional or physical.
  • intellectual Pertaining to, or performed by, the intellect; mental or cognitive.
  • intellectual Endowed with intellect; having a keen sense of understanding; having the capacity for higher forms of knowledge or thought; characterized by intelligence or cleverness
  • intellectual Suitable for exercising one's intellect; perceived by the intellect
  • intellectual Relating to the understanding; treating of the mind.
  • intelligent Characterized by thoughtful interaction.
  • sapient (chiefly, science fiction) Of a lifeform or species: possessing intelligence or a high degree of self-awareness.
  • sapient (by extension, science fiction) An intelligent, self-aware being.

cerebral — full definition

  1. adj Relating to the brain.
  2. adj Appealing to the intellect rather than to emotion; thoughtful and analytical.

intellectual — full definition

  1. adj Relating to the ability to think and reason, rather than to emotions or physical skill.
  2. noun A person who engages seriously with ideas, learning, or scholarly matters.

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