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anti-intellectual

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See also: antiintellectual

English

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Etymology

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From anti- ‎ intellectual.

Adjective

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anti-intellectual (comparative more anti-intellectual, superlative most anti-intellectual)

  1. Hostile to intellectual thinking methods or ideas.
    Coordinate terms: (overlapping) antiscience, antieducation; (including being indifferent) nonintellectual, unintellectual
    Near-synonym: philistine

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  • Anti-intellectual is several times more common than antiintellectual in print.[1] GPO manual recommends using a hyphen to avoid doubling a vowel except after short prefixes.[2]
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Noun

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anti-intellectual (plural anti-intellectuals)

  1. A person who scorns intellectuals and their views and methods.
    Near-synonym: philistine

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References

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  1. ^ (antiintellectual*6),anti-intellectual at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
  2. ^ 6. Compounding Rules in U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual, govinfo.gov
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