Anti-intellectualism is hostility to and mistrust of
intellect,
intellectuals, and
intellectualism, commonly expressed as deprecation of
education and
philosophy and the dismissal of
art,
literature,
history, and
science as impractical, politically motivated, and even contemptible human pursuits.
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Anti-intellectuals may present themselves and be perceived as champions of common folk—
populists against political and academic
elitism—and tend to see educated people as a
status class that dominates
political discourse and higher education while being detached from the concerns of ordinary people.
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