in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 intellectualise
- VERB (通常指不适宜地)使知识化,使理智化,对…作纯理性探究
If someone intellectualizes a subject or issue, they consider it in an intellectual way, often when this is not appropriate.
- I tended to mistrust my emotions and intellectualize everything.
我往往不相信自己的情感,倾向于把一切事物都理智化。