anti-intellectualism

See also: antiintellectualism

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From anti- +‎ intellectualism.

Noun

anti-intellectualism (uncountable)

  1. A sentiment of hostility towards, or mistrust of, intellectuals and intellectual pursuits.
  2. (philosophy) A position that opposes intellectualism.

Usage notes

  • Anti-intellectualism is several times more common than antiintellectualism in print.[1] GPO manual recommends using a hyphen to avoid doubling a vowel except after short prefixes.[2]

Translations

References

  1. ^ “(antiintellectualism*6),anti-intellectualism”, in Google Books Ngram Viewer, (Can we date this quote?)
  2. ^ 6. Compounding Rules in U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual, govinfo.gov
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