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anti-intellectual

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an·ti-in·tel·lec·tu·al (nt-ntl-kch-l, nt-)
adj.
Opposed or hostile to intellectuals or intellectual views.
anti-intel·lectu·al n.
anti-intel·lectu·al·ism n.
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Noun1.anti-intellectual - a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuitsanti-intellectual - a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits
lowbrow, philistine
pleb, plebeian - one of the common people
Adj.1.anti-intellectual - smug and ignorant and indifferent or hostile to artistic and cultural values
philistine
nonintellectual - not intellectual
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