anti-intellectual
[an-tee-in-tl-ek-choo-uh l, an-tahy‐]
Also an·ti-in·tel·lec·tu·al·ist.
Origin of anti-intellectual
First recorded in 1935–40
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Contemporary Examples of anti-intellectual
What possible change can any one citizen instigate against that barrage of anti-intellectual, gun-toting paranoia?
But anarchism is a logical outgrowth of the anti-intellectual side of collectivism.
But if Reagan burnished the anti-intellectual brand, Bush has now wrecked it.
But it was under Ronald Reagan that the anti-intellectual era in American politics truly began.
Historical Examples of anti-intellectual
Is Fascism therefore "anti-intellectual," as has been so often charged?
This movement, of which Courbet will always remain the most famous representative, has been anti-intellectual.
The French Impressionists (1860-1900)Camille Mauclair
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