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anti-intellectual

See also: antiintellectual

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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. 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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Noun

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anti-intellectual (plural anti-intellectuals)

  1. A person who scorns intellectuals and their views and methods.

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