anti-intellectual
anti-intellectual · more anti-intellectual · most anti-intellectual
филистимский
Hostile to intellectual thinking, methods, or ideasHostile to intellectual thinking, methods, or ideas.
Meaning
1 sensesHostile to intellectual thinking, methods, or ideas.
Near-synonym: philistine
More definitions
- smug and ignorant and indifferent or hostile to artistic and cultural values
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
From anti- + intellectual.From anti- + intellectual.
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Forms
more anti-intellectual, most anti-intellectual| Comparative | more anti-intellectual Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most anti-intellectual Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- smug and ignorant and indifferent or hostile to artistic and cultural values:philistine
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedanti-intellectualism
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form