ANTI-INTELLECTUAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does anti-intellectual mean? 

• ANTI-INTELLECTUAL (noun)
  The noun ANTI-INTELLECTUAL has 1 sense:

1. a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits

  Familiarity information: ANTI-INTELLECTUAL used as a noun is very rare.

• ANTI-INTELLECTUAL (adjective)
  The adjective ANTI-INTELLECTUAL has 1 sense:

1. smug and ignorant and indifferent or hostile to artistic and cultural values

  Familiarity information: ANTI-INTELLECTUAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANTI-INTELLECTUAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

anti-intellectual; lowbrow; philistine

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)

• ANTI-INTELLECTUAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

anti-intellectual; philistine

Similar:

nonintellectual (not intellectual)

Derivation:

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