Anticognitive

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Opposing or counteracting cognition.

    "[…]the culture emphasizes anticognitive and anti-intellectual currents which are rooted in a return to instinctual modes."

Example

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"[…]the culture emphasizes anticognitive and anti-intellectual currents which are rooted in a return to instinctual modes."

Etymology

From anti- + cognitive.

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