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English
Etymology
From anti- + intellectual.
Adjective
anti-intellectual (comparative more anti-intellectual, superlative most anti-intellectual)
- Hostile to intellectual thinking methods or ideas.
- Coordinate terms: (overlapping) antiscience, antieducation; (including being indifferent) nonintellectual, unintellectual
- Near-synonym: philistine
Usage notes
- Anti-intellectual is several times more common than antiintellectual in print.[1] GPO manual recommends using a hyphen to avoid doubling a vowel except after short prefixes.[2]
Translations
hostile to intellectual ideas
Noun
anti-intellectual (plural anti-intellectuals)
- A person who scorns intellectuals and their views and methods.
- Near-synonym: philistine
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