🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

genealogia intellettuale

Pronunciation / Transliteration: dʒe.ne.a.loˈdʒiː.a in.tel.let.tuˈaː.le

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Intellectual genealogy/ˌɪn.təlˈɛk.tʃu.əl ˌdʒiː.niˈɒl.ə.dʒi/
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Il libro esplora la genealogia intellettuale del movimento."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The historical tracing of the origins, transformations, and descent of ideas, concepts, or disciplines, often revealing how they were shaped by power relations or cultural shifts.

    "Her thesis offers a rigorous intellectual-genealogy of modern surveillance theories."
  2. 2

    A lineage or heritage of thinkers, theories, and philosophical influences that lead to a contemporary viewpoint.

    "To understand his political philosophy, one must examine his intellectual-genealogy stretching back to the Enlightenment."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of the English adjective 'intellectual' (from Latin 'intellectualis', relating to the intellect) and 'genealogy' (from Greek 'genealogia', from 'genea' meaning race or descent, plus 'logia' meaning study of). The compound gained widespread currency in contemporary historiography and philosophy to describe the tracing of the descent and evolution of ideas.

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🇫🇷French → English

généalogie intellectuelle

Transliteration: ʒe.ne.a.lo.ʒi ɛ̃.tɛl.ɛk.tɥɛl

"Cette étude retrace la généalogie intellectuelle du postmodernisme."

🇩🇪German → English

Geistesgenealogie

Transliteration: ˈɡaɪ̯stəs.ɡenealoˌɡiː

"Die Geistesgenealogie dieses Konzepts ist äußerst komplex."

🇮🇹Italian → English

genealogia intellettuale

Transliteration: dʒe.ne.a.loˈdʒiː.a in.tel.let.tuˈaː.le

"Il libro esplora la genealogia intellettuale del movimento."

🇪🇸Spanish → English

genealogía intelectual

Transliteration: xe.ne.a.loˈxi.a in.te.lek.twaˈl

"El ensayo presenta una genealogía intelectual del liberalismo."

🇵🇹Portuguese → English

genealogia intelectual

Transliteration: ʒe.ne.a.loˈʒi.a ĩ.te.leɡ.tuˈaW

"Ele investiga a genealogia intelectual das teorias críticas."

🇮🇳Hindi → English

बौद्धिक वंशावली

Transliteration: bauddhik vamshavali

"यह पुस्तक आधुनिक विचारों की बौद्धिक वंशावली का पता लगाती है।"

🇨🇳Chinese → English

思想谱系

Transliteration: sīxiǎng pǔxì

"这项研究梳理了该理论的思想谱系。"

🇰🇷Korean → English

사상적 계보

Transliteration: sasangjeok gyebo

"우리는 이 철학의 사상적 계보를 이해해야 한다."

🇯🇵Japanese → English

思想系譜

Transliteration: sisō keifu

"その論文は現代思想の系譜を明らかにしている。"

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