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a person with strong intellectual interests
discovered that in politics a reputation for being an intellectual was regarded as a liability
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In April 2024, less than a year after the school’s founding, more than 5,000 people, primarily students but also outraged intellectuals of different ages, immediately signed a petition against the school’s name.
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Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2024
Other artists, writers and intellectuals sought to counter the industrial status quo.
—Anne Wallentine, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Oct. 2024
Boston, a city steeped in a rich literary history, has been the home to numerous iconic writers and intellectuals.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
Some Republican intellectuals have spun dystopian visions surrounding vaccines.
—Darius Tahir, CNN, 30 Sep. 2024
The question of how Russia should relate to the West has always divided Russian politicians and intellectuals.
—Cristina Florea, Foreign Affairs, 10 May 2022
Some intellectuals have pushed back.
—Elizabeth Economy, Foreign Affairs, 28 May 2021
Yet around that time, Coates took a step back from his perch as one of America’s leading public intellectuals.
—Constance Grady, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Conrad had no use for the socialist idealism in which so many British intellectuals—including several close friends—had great faith.
—Adam Hochschild, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2018
Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2024
Other artists, writers and intellectuals sought to counter the industrial status quo.
—Anne Wallentine, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Oct. 2024
Boston, a city steeped in a rich literary history, has been the home to numerous iconic writers and intellectuals.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
Some Republican intellectuals have spun dystopian visions surrounding vaccines.
—Darius Tahir, CNN, 30 Sep. 2024
The question of how Russia should relate to the West has always divided Russian politicians and intellectuals.
—Cristina Florea, Foreign Affairs, 10 May 2022
Some intellectuals have pushed back.
—Elizabeth Economy, Foreign Affairs, 28 May 2021
Yet around that time, Coates took a step back from his perch as one of America’s leading public intellectuals.
—Constance Grady, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Conrad had no use for the socialist idealism in which so many British intellectuals—including several close friends—had great faith.
—Adam Hochschild, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2018
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“Intellectuals.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intellectuals. Accessed 24 Dec. 2024.
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