antiintellectual

See also: anti-intellectual

English

Etymology

From anti- +‎ intellectual.

Adjective

antiintellectual (comparative more antiintellectual, superlative most antiintellectual)

1. Uncommon spelling of anti-intellectual.
   • 1990 February 2, John Stevenson, “Reading: After the Bloom Boom”, in Chicago Reader‎^[1]:

     This is a traditionally philistine and antiintellectual country.

   • 1993 July 23, Cecil Adams, “The Straight Dope”, in Chicago Reader‎^[2]:

     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.

Derived terms

• antiintellectualism