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anti-intellectualism

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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.
anti-intellectualism
antagonism to learning, education, and the educated, expressed in literature in a conscious display of simplicity, earthiness, even colorful semi-literacy. — anti-intellectual, n., adj.
See also: Learning
antagonism to learning, education, and the educated, expressed in literature in a conscious display of simplicity, earthiness, even colorful semi-literacy. — anti-intellectual, n., adj.
See also: Knowledge
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