anti-intellectualism

Alternative forms

 * antiintellectualism

Noun

 * 1) A sentiment of hostility towards, or mistrust of, intellectuals and intellectual pursuits.
 * 2)  A position that opposes intellectualism.

Usage notes

 * Anti-intellectualism is several times more common than antiintellectualism in print. GPO manual recommends using a hyphen to avoid doubling a vowel except after short prefixes.

Translations

 * Bengali: বুদ্ধিজীবিতা-বিরুদ্ধবাদ
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 反智主義
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: anti-intellektualismi
 * French:
 * Japanese: 反知性主義
 * Kazakh: зияткерлікке қарсы
 * Korean: 반지성주의(反知性主義), 반주지주의(反主知主義)
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: antiintelectualismo
 * Swedish:
 * Vietnamese: chủ nghĩa chống trí thức (主義挵智識)