Definition of Cerebral

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Definition of Cerebral
	Cerebral Of or pertaining to the cerebrum. One of a class of lingual consonants in the East Indian languages. See Lingual, n. Related Definitions: Cerebrum, Class, East, In, Indian, Lingual, Of, One, Or, Pertaining, See, The, To

Cerebral Quotations

Much literary criticism comes from people for whom extreme specialization is a cover for either grave cerebral inadequacy or terminal laziness, the latter being a much cherished aspect of academic freedom.
John Kenneth Galbraith

He is far too intelligent to become really cerebral.
Ursula K. Le Guin

When we make the cerebral state the beginning of an action, and in no sense the condition of a perception, we place the perceived images of things outside the image of our body, and thus replace perception within the things themselves.
Henri Bergson

I've always thought of myself as an organic writer, rather than a cerebral one. I feel my way along as I go, hoping I'll get to the place I intend to reach.
Len Wein

I always had, deep down, a slight aversion toward the purely cerebral in music.
Esa-Pekka Salonen

I'm very cerebral. I like to think things through.
Liz Phair

When cerebral processes enter into sports, you start screwing up. It's like the Constitution, which says separate church and state. You have to separate mind and body.
Bill Lee

It seems that jazz is more cerebral and more mathematical in a sense.
Rita Coolidge

I think that what most surprises anybody who goes into politics from even a modestly cerebral background is the vulgarity of much of the cut and thrust of politics.
Chris Patten

Some people try to get very philosophical and cerebral about what they're trying to say with jazz. You don't need any prologues, you just play.
Oscar Peterson

Cerebral Translations

cerebral in German is zerebral
cerebral in Hungarian is agyi, agy-

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