anti-intellectual

Definitions of anti-intellectual
  1. adjective
    smug and ignorant and indifferent or hostile to artistic and cultural values
    synonyms: philistine
    nonintellectual
    not intellectual
  2. noun
    a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits
    synonyms: lowbrow, philistine
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    type of:
    pleb, plebeian
    one of the common people
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