anti-intellectual
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See also: antiintellectual
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From anti- + intellectual.
Adjective
[edit]anti-intellectual (comparative more anti-intellectual, superlative most anti-intellectual)
- Indifferent or hostile to cultural or intellectual ideas.
Usage notes
[edit]- 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]
Synonyms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]hostile to intellectual ideas
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Noun
[edit]anti-intellectual (plural anti-intellectuals)
- A person who scorns intellectuals and their views and methods.
Translations
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References
[edit]- ^ (antiintellectual*6),anti-intellectual at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
- ^ 6. Compounding Rules in U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual, govinfo.gov