Definition of Anti-intellectual

1. Noun. A person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits.

Exact synonyms: Lowbrow, Philistine
Generic synonyms: Pleb, Plebeian
Derivative terms: Lowbrow, Philistine

2. Adjective. Smug and ignorant and indifferent or hostile to artistic and cultural values.
Exact synonyms: Philistine
Similar to: Nonintellectual
Derivative terms: Philistine

Definition of Anti-intellectual

1. Adjective. indifferent or hostile to cultural or intellectual ideas ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Anti-intellectual

anti-idiotype antibody
anti-idiotype autoantibody
anti-immigrant
anti-imperialism
anti-imperialist
anti-incendiary
anti-infective
anti-inflammatories
anti-inflammatory
anti-inflammatory agent
anti-inflammatory drug
anti-inflationary
anti-institutionalism
anti-insulin
anti-insulin antibody
anti-intellectual (current term)
anti-intellectualism
anti-kidney serum nephritis
anti-knock
anti-labor
anti-labour
anti-lapse
anti-life
anti-lifer
anti-lock
anti-marketeer
anti-matter
anti-microbial
anti-microsomal antibodies
anti-migraine

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. ..."

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