intellectualize
To treat in an intellectual manner; to discuss or express intellectually.
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No Nooooo I dont want this psychoanalyzed and stretched vellum thin!!! Whimsy must occasionally resist the egos call to constantly intellectualize to the nth.
i genuinely think it's understated how much his anticlericalism was just allowing him to intellectualize being a contrarian and also hate muslims. of course he'd decide that the e-stripper really loves him, lol
It's okay to be a predator in the queer community as long as you call it a non-normative kink and intellectualize it
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(US) To find a seemingly rational explanation for.
“It's okay to be a predator in the queer community as long as you call it a non-normative kink and intellectualize it”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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To treat in an intellectual manner; to discuss or express intellectually.
“No Nooooo I dont want this psychoanalyzed and stretched vellum thin!!! Whimsy must occasionally resist the egos call to constantly intellectualize to the nth.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“i genuinely think it's understated how much his anticlericalism was just allowing him to intellectualize being a contrarian and also hate muslims. of course he'd decide that the e-stripper really loves him, lol”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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To endow with intellect; to bestow intellectual qualities upon; to cause to become intellectual.
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