anti-intellectual
See also: antiintellectual
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Etymology edit
From anti- + intellectual.
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anti-intellectual (comparative more anti-intellectual, superlative most anti-intellectual)
- Indifferent or hostile to cultural or intellectual ideas.
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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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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.
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References edit
- ^ (antiintellectual*6),anti-intellectual at Google Ngram Viewer
- ^ 6. Compounding Rules in U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual, govinfo.gov