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, and science as impractical, politically motivated, and even contemptible human pursuits.

What is anti intellectual attitude?

Anti-intellectualism refers to a student's lack of interest in and disrespect for intellectual pursuits and critical thinking and a preference for an education experience that is practical and requires only memorization. ... Students with high academic self-efficacy had low anti-intellectualism attitudes.

What does it mean to not be intellectual?

Definition of nonintellectual (Entry 2 of 2) : a person who is not intellectual Intellectuals think of themselves as being smart and interesting people, but nonintellectuals think of them as arrogant, boring, impractical, or coldly analytical.—