Authority and Intellect

Authority

Authority noun - A person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field.

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Intellect and authority are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Intellect" instead a noun "Authority".

Intellect noun - A very smart person.

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Authority and intellect are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Authority" instead a noun "Intellect".

human	human authority	human intellect
high	high authority	high intellect
considerable	considerable authority	considerable intellect
powerful	powerful authority	powerful intellect
Other adjectives: real, great, little, supreme, limited, greatest, higher, administrative.

Cygnet XIV, the Cygneti homeworld, was historically (22nd century) blatantly sexist towards males, with intellect and authority only ever considered feminine traits.

Source: Lady Land
Here not only they are very good friends but Romek has plenty of respect for A'Tomek's superior intellect and considers him the authority figure.

Source: Odd Friendship

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