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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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The effect of John Dewey's philosophy on the design of curricular systems was devastating," Richard Hofstadter wrote nearly 50 years ago in Anti-Intellectualism in American Life.
What Do They Know? Reclaiming the K-12 canon from John Dewey by Aeschliman, M.D. / The Weekly Standard
At the time that Carus got his inspiration, the public schools were thoroughly infested by a deeply rooted spirit of anti-intellectualism.
The triumph of look-say: dumbing-down reading instruction by Ravitch, Diane / Education Next
Hofstadter, Anti-Intellectualism In American Life (New York, 1966), 17.
A plea for humanistic education by Curtler, Hugh Mercer / Modern Age
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