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antiintellectual en · ADJ

Etymology

From anti- + intellectual.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, uncommon) Uncommon spelling of anti-intellectual.
   alt of anti-intellectual
   • This is a traditionally philistine and antiintellectual country. 1990 February 2, John Stevenson, “Reading: After the Bloom Boom”, in Chicago Reader:
   • Not to encourage antiintellectual behavior, but if she can't avoid being valedictorian any other way, tell her to take a dive on that last physics quiz. 1993 July 23, Cecil Adams, “The Straight Dope”, in Chicago Reader:

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Deriveds

antiintellectualism