intellectualism

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: in=tel=lec=tu=al=ism

CIDE DICTIONARY

intellectualism, n. 

•  Intellectual power; intellectuality.  [1913 Webster]
•  The doctrine that knowledge is derived from pure reason.  [1913 Webster]
•  Preference for activities involving exercise of the intellect;  [PJC]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

intellectualism, n.
1 the exercise, esp. when excessive, of the intellect at the expense of the emotions.
2 Philos. the theory that knowledge is wholly or mainly derived from pure reason.

Derivative

intellectualist n.