Examples of 'anti-intellectualism' in a sentence

Meaning of "anti-intellectualism"

anti-intellectualism (adjective): Anti-intellectualism is a term used to describe a negative attitude or hostility towards intellectual pursuits, critical thinking, education, or knowledge-based activities. It refers to a disdain for expertise, analysis, or academic engagement, often valuing emotional responses, populism, or simplistic solutions over informed decision-making. Anti-intellectualism can manifest in societal trends, political movements, or cultural behaviors that devalue intellect and expertise
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  • A sentiment of hostility towards, or mistrust of, intellectuals and intellectual pursuits.
  • A position that opposes intellectualism.

How to use "anti-intellectualism" in a sentence

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Anti-intellectualism harms the church philosophically.
Both rationalism and anti-intellectualism go astray.
Anti-intellectualism has been common among conservatives.
It pains me to hear all this anti-intellectualism.
Anti-intellectualism harms the church apologetically.
You are the very pinnacle of anti-intellectualism.
Anti-intellectualism harms the church socially.
And neither is populism and anti-intellectualism.
Anti-intellectualism has traversed all of the darkest hours of modern history.
America is fertile ground for anti-intellectualism.
This kind of anti-intellectualism even runs rampant on our college campuses.
They are proud of their ignorance and anti-intellectualism.
Anti-intellectualism as a cross-sectorial position is surely one of the most striking signs of this.
Another of its characteristics is anti-intellectualism.
Many councilists make a cult of anti-intellectualism which serves them as a substitute for theory and justification.

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I am not here promoting some kind of anti-intellectualism.
Moreover, their anti-intellectualism and exceptionalist arrogance creates only a privileged space for undiluted bullying.
That is not a call to anti-intellectualism.
Ignorance or anti-intellectualism of politicians and / or bureaucrats.
This is an unfortunate strain of anti-intellectualism.
But is such extreme anti-intellectualism the only position the Christian can take?
And that is the source of the anti-intellectualism.
Anti-intellectualism is often couched in the disguise of criticizing "elitism.
I have always been puzzled by anti-intellectualism.
As for anti-intellectualism.
I continue to worry about anti-intellectualism.
Of anti-intellectualism in this tavern. I'm detecting a distinct strain.
I have a reply to your anti-intellectualism.
Anti-intellectualism flourished in mainland China in the 1970s due to the well-known cultural revolution.
He was often accused of anti-intellectualism.
An end to anti-intellectualism in politics?
But his criticisms should not be confused with anti-intellectualism.
In many ways, there was a distinct anti-intellectualism present within Nazi philosophy.
And politics becomes that which requires a certain anti-intellectualism.
The risk of anti-intellectualism.
Hamon 's recipe for discernment is a classic case of mystical anti-intellectualism.
Of release from obscurantism and anti-intellectualism turned out to be in fact.
Tertullian is noted among patristic writers for his militant anti-intellectualism.
The book describes anti-semitism and anti-intellectualism within the military regime.
The reality is that it signaled a clear shift toward enforced anti-intellectualism.
The dangers of anti-intellectualism.
Working class entertainment consists of mindless trash culture and crude anti-intellectualism.
Totalitarian governments manipulate and apply anti-intellectualism to repress political dissent.
One factor which explains why the social movement can not get organised is this anti-intellectualism.
Intellectuals make some huge mistakes but anti-intellectualism is a mistake in itself.
Christian fundamentalism in America harks back to nineteenth-century populism and anti-intellectualism.
The two authors best known for addressing contemporary anti-intellectualism are Leonard Woolf and Richard Hofstadter.
Pietism and populism served to foster a mentality of subjectivism, antitraditionalism, and anti-intellectualism.
I am detecting a distinct strain … of anti-intellectualism in this tavern.
The author identifies four features of the culture, dogmatism, groupthink, a crusader mentality, and anti-intellectualism.

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