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Cerebral

//ˈsɛ.ɹɪb.ɹəl// adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or relating to the brain, cerebrum, or cerebral cortex. relational
  2. 2
    Retroflex. obsolete
  3. 3
    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."

Adjective
  1. 1
    involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct wordnet
  2. 2
    of or relating to the cerebrum or brain wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowing from French cérébral, from Latin cerebrum (“a brain”); equivalent to cerebrum + -al.

Etymology 2

Semantic loan from Sanskrit मूर्धन्य (mūrdhanya, “pertaining to the head”).

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