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What does intellectualism mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word intellectualism? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. The use or development of the intellect.
  2. (philosophy) The doctrine that knowledge is derived from pure reason.
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One possible explanation relates to differing attitudes between the two cultures regarding intellectualism and scholarship.
In drama, a dullness has crept in because intellectualism isn't a word you're allowed to utter any more.
But he did not go in for intellectualism, he developed an emotional approach to classical music, appealing to the common man.
I am still learning about this, so I am not an authority on feminist intellectualism.
Even a Vietnam War hero from the Northeast came across as too steeped in intellectualism and internationalism to understand military families.
There is a hole at the core of his personality, and his florid prose and arid intellectualism has, for too long, prevented us from admitting it.

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