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ANTI-INTELLECTUAL

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits

Synonyms:

anti-intellectual; lowbrow; philistine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("anti-intellectual" is a kind of...):

pleb; plebeian (one of the common people)

Derivation:

anti-intellectual (smug and ignorant and indifferent or hostile to artistic and cultural values)

 II. (adjective) 

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Meaning:

Smug and ignorant and indifferent or hostile to artistic and cultural values

Synonyms:

anti-intellectual; philistine

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

nonintellectual (not intellectual)

Derivation:

anti-intellectual (a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits)

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