anti-intellectualism

alternative antiintellectualism

1. uncountableA sentiment of hostility towards, or mistrust of, intellectuals and intellectual pursuits.

   This did not necessarily imply anti-intellectualism, though in Britain and the United States it was pervasive, because the triumphs of business were pre-eminently those of poorly educated men using empiricism and common sense.

   1975, Eric Hobsbawm, The Age of Capital. 1848-1875, published 1995, page 289

2. uncountablehuman sciencesA position that opposes intellectualism.