psychology to use (excessive) reasoning and rationalization to block out emotional stress and anxiety associated with painful or traumatic experiences.
To treat in an intellectual manner; to discuss intellectually; to reduce to intellectual form; to express intellectually; to idealize
{f} treat in an intellectual manner, rationalize, analyze with the mind; make intellectual (also intellectualise)
in·tel·lec·tu·al·ize intellectualizes intellectualizing intellectualized in BRIT, also use intellectualise 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. intellectualise to think or talk about something in a serious, complicated way, especially rather than expressing your feelings
To endow with intellect; to bestow intellectual qualities upon; to cause to become intellectual
(Psikoloji, Ruhbilim) An unconscious means of protecting oneself from the emotional stress and anxiety associated with confronting painful personal fears or problems by excessive reasoning