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intellectualism
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Intellectualism \In`tel*lec"tu*al*ism\, n.
1. Intellectual power; intellectuality.
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2. The doctrine that knowledge is derived from pure reason.
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3. Preference for activities involving exercise of the
intellect; sometimes, an excessive emphasis on abstract or
intellectual matters with deprecation of the value of
feelings.
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