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Definition of Anti-intellectual
1. Noun. A person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits.
Generic synonyms: Pleb, Plebeian
Derivative terms: Lowbrow, Philistine
2. Adjective. Smug and ignorant and indifferent or hostile to artistic and cultural values.
Definition of Anti-intellectual
1. Adjective. indifferent or hostile to cultural or intellectual ideas ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Anti-intellectual
Literary usage of Anti-intellectual
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Problems of Science by Federigo Enriques (1914)
"The work of Professor En- riques stands somewhat above and apart from those
philosophical controversies which the anti-intellectual movement has inspired; ..."
2. The School World (1905)
"The anti-intellectual atmosphere unfortunately existing in some places where ...
I am with our critics in holding that this anti-intellectual atmosphere ..."
3. The Problem of Knowledge by Douglas Clyde Macintosh (1915)
"... take into account not only intellectualism and the pragmatic form of
anti-intellectual- ism, but the intuitional form of anti-intellectualism as well. ..."