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antiintellectualism en · NOUN

Etymology

From antiintellectual + -ism, or anti- + intellectualism.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative, uncountable) Alternative form of anti-intellectualism.
    • Chicago's campuses tend to evolve into enclaves anyway, as their inhabitants turn inward in a protective reaction against Chicago's pride in its buffoonery and its elevation of antiintellectualism to a cultural style. 1991 May 17, James Krohe Jr., “Who's Afraid of Paula Wolff?”, in Chicago Reader: