nonintellectual

nonintellectual
nonintellectual onintellectual adj. not intellectual. Opposite of {intellectual}. [Narrower terms: {anti-intellectual, philistine}; {lowbrow, uncultivated ] Also See {unscholarly}. [WordNet 1.5]

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  • nonintellectual — [spelling only] …   English World dictionary

  • nonintellectual — adj., n.; nonintellectually, adv.; nonintellectualness, n. * * * …   Universalium

  • nonintellectual — 1. adjective a) Not intellectual b) Not involving the intellect 2. noun A person who is not intellectual …   Wiktionary

  • nonintellectual — Synonyms and related words: Gothic, Philistine, barbarous, bookless, deceived, functionally illiterate, grammarless, heathen, hoodwinked, ill educated, illiterate, led astray, lowbrow, misinformed, misinstructed, mistaught, pagan, rude, unbooked …   Moby Thesaurus

  • nonintellectual — n. one who is not intellectual; something that does not appeal to the intellect adj. not intellectual; not appealing to the intellect …   English contemporary dictionary

  • nonintellectual — non in•tel•lec′tu•al adj. n. ly, adv …   From formal English to slang

  • nonintellectual — adjective not intellectual • Ant: ↑intellectual • Similar to: ↑anti intellectual, ↑philistine, ↑lowbrow, ↑lowbrowed, ↑uncultivated, ↑mindless …   Useful english dictionary

  • anti-intellectual philistine — nonintellectual onintellectual adj. not intellectual. Opposite of {intellectual}. [Narrower terms: {anti intellectual, philistine}; {lowbrow, uncultivated ] Also See {unscholarly}. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • lowbrow uncultivated — nonintellectual onintellectual adj. not intellectual. Opposite of {intellectual}. [Narrower terms: {anti intellectual, philistine}; {lowbrow, uncultivated ] Also See {unscholarly}. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • lowbrow — [“lobrau] 1. n. a nonintellectual person; an anti intellectual person. □ Some lowbrow came in and made a stink about not being able to find any Gene Autry records. □ Not that Gene Autry is lowbrow. The guy who came in was. 2. mod.… …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

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