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pub·lic in·tel·lec·tu·al

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  1. public intellectual

    An intellectual is a person who engages in critical thinking, research, and reflection about the reality of society, and who proposes solutions for the normative problems of society. Coming from the world of culture, either as a creator or as a mediator, the intellectual participates in politics, either to defend a concrete proposition or to denounce an injustice, usually by either rejecting or producing or extending an ideology, and by defending a system of values.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of public intellectual in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of public intellectual in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of public intellectual in a Sentence

  1. James Tracy:

    I describe myself as a scholar and public intellectual interested in going more deeply into controversial public events, although some may see [my theories] as beyond the pale, I am doing what we should be doing as academics.

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