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Discover LudwigThe phrase "intellectual equal" is correct and can be used in written English
It is often used to describe someone who is considered to have the same level of intelligence or mental capacity as someone else. Example: "Despite coming from different backgrounds, John and Mary were intellectual equals, constantly challenging each other's ideas and engaging in stimulating debates."
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"He's anybody's intellectual equal," Dr. Lifton said of Dr. Henry.
He was Italian and not her intellectual equal.
And each said they saw in the other an intellectual equal.
He went on, "I don't necessarily look for an intellectual equal.
Her lover is not her intellectual equal, and Macbeth knows it.
Her first husband was a kind man, but not her intellectual equal.
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His rapport with Roth, he added, was characterized by the "candor" of intellectual "equals".
Why the deference to husbands of whom they were the intellectual equals?
Makoni, one of his few intellectual equals, may have come as close as anyone.
People clearly hunger for serious art today and feel grateful when curators treat them as practical observers and intellectual equals.
But the dilemma faced by Abby and Ben would only make sense if they were sexual, emotional and intellectual equals.
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