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Intellectualism vs Emotion - What's the difference?

intellectualism | emotion |

As nouns the difference between intellectualism and emotion

is that intellectualism is the use or development of intellect while emotion is emotion.

intellectualism

English

(wikipedia intellectualism)

Noun

  • The use or development of intellect.
  • The doctrine that knowledge is derived from pure reason.

    • Synonyms

    * (doctrine that knowledge is derived from pure reason) (l)

    Related terms

    * (l)

    External links

    * * English words suffixed with -ism

    emotion

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia emotion) (en noun)
  • A person's internal state of being and involuntary physiological response to an object or a situation, based on or tied to physical state and sensory data.
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    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights, […], the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts.}}
  • A reaction by an non-human organism with behavioral and physiological elements similar to a person's response.

    • Derived terms

    * emotionable * emotional

    Synonyms

    * (sense, person's internal state of being) feeling, affect