anti-intellectual

• Qualifie une personne, une attitude ou une politique qui est hostile ou opposée aux intellectuels, aux activités intellectuelles ou à la pensée académique.

Describes a person, attitude, or policy that is hostile or opposed to intellectuals, intellectual pursuits, or academic reasoning.

1. Hostile to intellectual pursuitsC1formal

   Showing a smug, ignorant, and indifferent or hostile attitude toward artistic, cultural, and intellectual values.

   anti-intellectualisme (attitude hostile aux intellectuels)

   • His anti-intellectual remarks dismissed the importance of higher education.
   • The movement was criticized for its anti-intellectual stance on science and art.
   • She found the anti-intellectual atmosphere in the office stifling and discouraging.

   Synonymesignorantlowbrowphilistineuncultured

   Antonymesculturedenlightenedintellectualsophisticated

• Personne qui ne s'intéresse pas aux activités intellectuelles, à l'éducation ou à la réflexion, ou qui s'y oppose ouvertement.

A person who is uninterested in or opposed to intellectual pursuits, education, or the life of the mind.

1. Person opposed to intellectualismC1formal

   An individual who is uninterested in or hostile towards intellectual pursuits, education, or the life of the mind.

   anti-intellectual

   • The politician was accused of being an anti-intellectual who dismissed scientific evidence.
   • Many anti-intellectuals view academic knowledge as irrelevant to everyday life.
   • He proudly called himself an anti-intellectual, preferring practical skills over book learning.

   Synonymesknow nothinglowbrowobscurantistphilistineyahoo

   Antonymesintellectualscholarthinker