antiknowledge

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adjective

Opposing knowledge.

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Meanings

adjectiveantiknowledge (comparative more antiknowledge, superlative most antiknowledge)

comparative more antiknowledge · superlative most antiknowledge

  1. Opposing knowledge.

    It is not too much to say that an antiknowledge attitude is the defining element in the worldview of many early-childhood educators and reformers.

    1996, Eric Donald Hirsch, The schools we need and why we don't have them, page 54

Origin

From anti- + knowledge.

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APA

antiknowledge. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antiknowledge

MLA

“antiknowledge.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antiknowledge. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antiknowledge,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antiknowledge.

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