intellectual+faculties
111senility — /sanilatiy/ Quality of being senile; an infirmity resulting from deterioration of mind and body experienced in old age. Feebleness of body and mind incident to old age; and an incapacity to contract arising from the impairment of the intellectual …
112Chronic dementia — A type of insanity, usually of slow progress, marked in its early stages by general impairment and enfeeblement of the intellectual faculties, and ending in mental decay and idiocy. Re Will of Blakely, 48 Wis 294, 297 …
113mind — ► NOUN 1) the faculty of consciousness and thought. 2) a person s intellect or memory. 3) a person identified with their intellectual faculties. 4) a person s attention or will. ► VERB 1) be distressed or annoyed by; object to. 2) …
114benumbed — adjective 1. lacking sensation my foot is asleep numb with cold • Syn: ↑asleep, ↑numb • Similar to: ↑insensible • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …
115dulled — adjective 1. having lost or been caused to lose interest because of overexposure (Freq. 4) the mind of the audience is becoming dulled the benumbed intellectual faculties can no longer respond • Syn: ↑benumbed • Similar to: ↑uninterested …
116education — /ej oo kay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life. 2. the act or process of… …
117PHILOSOPHY, JEWISH — This article is arranged according to the following outline: WHAT IS JEWISH PHILOSOPHY? recent histories of jewish philosophy biblical and rabbinic antecedents bible rabbinic literature hellenistic jewish philosophy philo of alexandria biblical… …
118Christianity — /kris chee an i tee/, n., pl. Christianities. 1. the Christian religion, including the Catholic, Protestant, and Eastern Orthodox churches. 2. Christian beliefs or practices; Christian quality or character: Christianity mixed with pagan elements; …
119pedagogy — /ped euh goh jee, goj ee/, n., pl. pedagogies. 1. the function or work of a teacher; teaching. 2. the art or science of teaching; education; instructional methods. [1575 85; < Gk paidagogía office of a child s tutor. See PEDAGOGUE, Y3] * * *… …
120Aristotle — /ar euh stot l/, n. 384 322 B.C., Greek philosopher: pupil of Plato; tutor of Alexander the Great. * * * born 384, Stagira died 322 BC, Chalcis Greek philosopher and scientist whose thought determined the course of Western intellectual history… …
