Usually means: Hostility towards intellectualism and intellectuals.
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We found 9 dictionaries that define the word anti-intellectualism:

General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. anti-intellectualism: Merriam-Webster
  2. anti-intellectualism: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. anti-intellectualism, anti-intellectualism: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Anti-Intellectualism, Anti-intellectualism, anti-intellectualism: Wordnik
  5. anti-intellectualism: Wiktionary
  6. anti-intellectualism: Dictionary.com
  7. Anti-Intellectualism, Anti-intellectualism: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. anti-intellectualism: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. anti-intellectualism: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology

(Note: See anti-intellectual as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (anti-intellectualism)

noun:  A sentiment of hostility towards, or mistrust of, intellectuals and intellectual pursuits.
noun:  (philosophy) A position that opposes intellectualism.

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