- anti-intellectualism
- anti-intellectualism (n.) 1904, from ANTI- (Cf. anti-) + INTELLECTUALISM (Cf. intellectualism); or in some cases from ANTI-INTELLECTUAL (Cf. anti-intellectual) + -ISM (Cf. -ism).
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