anti-intellectualism

See also: antiintellectualism

English

Alternative forms

• antiintellectualism

Etymology

anti- +‎ intellectualism

Noun

anti-intellectualism (uncountable)

1. A sentiment of hostility towards, or mistrust of, intellectuals and intellectual pursuits.
2. (philosophy) A position that opposes intellectualism.

Usage notes

• Anti-intellectualism is several times more common than antiintellectualism in print. GPO manual recommends using a hyphen to avoid doubling a vowel except after short prefixes.

Translations

hostility towards intellectuals

• Bengali: বুদ্ধিজীবিতা-বিরুদ্ধবাদ (buddhijibita-biruddhobad)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 反智主義／反智主义 (fǎnzhìzhǔyì)

• Dutch: anti-intellectualisme (nl) n
• Finnish: anti-intellektualismi
• French: anti-intellectualisme (fr) m
• Japanese: 反知性主義 (はん-ちせいしゅぎ, han-chiseishugi)
• Kazakh: зияткерлікке қарсы (ziätkerlıkke qarsy)
• Korean: 반지성주의(反知性主義) (banjiseongjuui), 반주지주의(反主知主義) (banjujijuui)
• Portuguese: anti-intelectualismo (pt) m
• Russian: антиинтеллектуали́зм (ru) m (antiintellektualízm)
• Spanish: antiintelectualismo m
• Swedish: antiintellektualism (sv) c
• Vietnamese: chủ nghĩa chống trí thức (主義挵智識)