intellection noun3 •The mental activity or process of grasping with the intellect; apprehension by the mind; understanding.The purpose of philosophy is to unite oneself with the objects of the intellect, and even at last with the One that is above all intellection. — 1993 •A particular act of grasping by means of the intellect.Our senses, our instincts, our intellections are all instruments of adaptation. — 1934 •The mental content of an act of grasping by means of the intellect, as a thought, idea, or conception.When Banerjee talks about the artist's thinking about the music, she is not referring to an intellection about the mechanics of technique. — 1996 formsintellections
