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antiintellectualism

antiintellectualism

English

Noun

antiintellectualism (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of anti-intellectualism
    • 1991 May 17, James Krohe Jr., “Who's Afraid of Paula Wolff?”, in Chicago Reader:
      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.