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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A person who scorns intellectuals and their views and methods.

   "Near-synonym: philistine"

2. 2
   a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits wordnet

Adjective

1. 1
   Hostile to intellectual thinking, methods, or ideas.

   "Near-synonym: philistine"

Adjective

1. 1
   smug and ignorant and indifferent or hostile to artistic and cultural values wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

philistinecounterintellectualcounterintellectuallowbrowphilistinephilistine

Etymology

From anti- + intellectual.

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