(sā-pē-ō-sĕk-shü-ăl'ĭ-tē)
1. (n.) A behavior of becoming attracted to or aroused by intelligence and its use.
Origins: From the Latin root sapien, wise or intelligent, and Latin sexualis, relating to the sexes.
Example:
[How do we develop] ways of perceiving therelationships between and among people, our pasts, our pasts’ legacies, our present lives and struggles, our environments, disciplines, and texts. (24)--Johnnella E. Butler, “Reflections on Borderlands and the Color Line.” (2000) "All the languages of heteroglossia ... are specific points of view on the world, forms for conceptualizing the worldinwords, specific worldviews, each characterized by its own objects, meanings, and values.--Bakhtin
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