Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In psychology, the theory or doctrine that all mental operations arise from the activity of the cerebrum or brain.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Philos.) The doctrine or theory that psychical phenomena are functions or products of the brain only.
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- noun philosophy, uncountable The
doctrine that non-physical phenomena are functions or products of thebrain only. - noun countable Something
cerebral .
Etymologies
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Examples
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His outrageous intellect is cited as proof of either his genius or of his bloodless cerebralism.
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His outrageous intellect is cited as proof of either his genius or of his bloodless cerebralism.
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It's not about impressing the other person with your cerebralism, it's about discovering that you have something in common.
An essay about how when you're reading a Kindle in public, people don't see what book you're reading. Ann Althouse 2009
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Naturalistic touches such as the dewdrops on pizzicato strings are counterbalanced by a self-conscious cerebralism.
Evening Standard - Home Barry Millington 2011
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His outrageous intellect is cited as proof of either his genius or of his bloodless cerebralism.
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At NYT people are saying they think Barack has retreated into cerebralism … I don't know if this is true.
WordPress.com News 2008
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At NYT people are saying they think Barack has retreated into cerebralism … I don't know if this is true.
WordPress.com News 2008
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Everything about the pop-rock score (by Laurence O'Keefe and Nell Benjamin) is engagingly obvious and synthetic, not trying to up the movie's IQ with Sondheim-like cerebralism, but intensifying its appeal in the manner of skillful storybook illustrators.
Cleveland Scene 2008
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"At NYT people are saying they think Barack has retreated into cerebralism …"
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"At NYT people are saying they think Barack has retreated into cerebralism …"
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