Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
noun
- a person opposed to or hostile toward intellectuals and the modern academic, artistic, social, religious, and other theories associated with them.
- a person who believes that intellect and reason are less important than actions and emotions in solving practical problems and understanding reality.
adjective
- of, relating to, or characteristic of anti-intellectuals or their beliefs.
1904, from anti- + intellectualism; or in some cases from anti-intellectual + -ism.
1821 (adj.), from anti- + intellectual. As a noun meaning “an anti-intellectual person” from 1913.