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Adjective: anti-intellectual  'an-tee,in-tu'lek-choo-ul
  1. Smug and ignorant and indifferent or hostile to artistic and cultural values
    - philistine
Noun: anti-intellectual  'an-tee,in-tu'lek-choo-ul
  1. A person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits
    - philistine, lowbrow

Derived forms: anti-intellectuals

See also: nonintellectual, unintellectual

Type of: pleb, plebeian

Encyclopedia: Anti-intellectual