subintellectual

subintellectual

English

Etymology

sub- +‎ intellectual

Adjective

subintellectual (comparative more subintellectual, superlative most subintellectual)

1. Below the level of the intellect.
   • 2009 February 1, Luc Sante, “Sontag: The Precocious Years”, in New York Times‎:

     Even if, later on, she was able to examine and analyze certain aspects of popular culture (as in “Notes on Camp,” 1964), she could undertake such a thing only in service to a higher goal — she was immune to subintellectual cultural pleasures.

Noun

subintellectual (plural subintellectuals)

1. A person who is less intelligent than an intellectual.