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antiintellectual

antiintellectual is the uncommon spelling of anti-intellectual.

Meaning of anti-intellectual

Adjective

anti-intellectual (comparative more anti-intellectual, superlative most anti-intellectual)

  1. Hostile to intellectual thinking, methods, or ideas.
    • Near-synonym: philistine
    Synonyms:
    philistine

See all 2 meanings of anti-intellectual

Forms of antiintellectual

comparativemore antiintellectual
superlativemost antiintellectual

Origin of antiintellectual

From anti- + intellectual.

Words formed from antiintellectual

Questions about antiintellectual

What is antiintellectual the uncommon spelling of?
Antiintellectual is the uncommon spelling of anti-intellectual.

Words near antiintellectual in the dictionary

  1. antiinsectans
  2. antiinstitutionalism
  3. antiinstitutionalist
  4. antiinstitutionalists
  5. antiinsurgency
  6. antiintellectual
  7. antiintellectualism
  8. antiintellectualist
  9. antiinterferon
  10. antiintrusion
  11. antiinvariant

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