anti-intellectualism

anti-intellectualism

See also: antiintellectualism

English

Alternative forms

• antiintellectualism

Etymology

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

hostility towards intellectuals

Bengali: বুদ্ধিজীবিতা-বিরুদ্ধবাদ (buddhijībit‌ôa-biruddhôbad) Chinese: Mandarin: 反智主義／反智主义 (fǎnzhìzhǔyì) Dutch: anti-intellectualisme (nl) n Finnish: anti-intellektualismi French: anti-intellectualisme (fr) m Japanese: 反知性主義 (はんちせいしゅぎ, hanchiseishugi) Kazakh: зияткерлікке қарсы (ziätkerlıkke qarsy) Korean: 반지성주의(反知性主義) (banjiseongjuui), 반주지주의(反主知主義) (banjujijuui) Portuguese: anti-intelectualismo m Russian: антиинтеллектуали́зм (ru) m (antiintellektualízm) Spanish: antiintelectualismo m Vietnamese: chủ nghĩa chống trí thức (主義挵智識)

References

1. (antiintellectualism*6),anti-intellectualism at Google Ngram Viewer
2. 6. Compounding Rules in U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual, govinfo.gov