What does "intellectuality" mean?

The characteristic of being intellectual; intellectual ability.

Intellectuality

Common synonyms include: apprehension, bibliolatry, bibliomania, bluestockingism, book learning, book madness.

noun

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Noun

1
The characteristic of being intellectual; intellectual ability. countable, uncountable
"[S]he was a woman of the new school, full of intellectuality, and heavy, nerve-worn with consciousness."
2
An intellectual person; someone supposed to be intellectual. countable, uncountable

"Americans are not like Japanese, in that for Japanese, intellectuality does not exclude sexuality, but for Americans, geekiness seems asexual."

From intellectual + -ity, after Late Latin intellectualitas.

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