nonintellectual

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Recent Examples of nonintellectual In Cherkashin, Nash Sovremennik presented a model genealogy as well as a model Pushkin scholar: a righteous, passionate, nonintellectual man of the people. Kathleen Parthé, The New York Review of Books, 18 Aug. 2022 Such thumbnail indictments of the nonintellectual masses seemed to stem from Hofstadter’s own mounting sense of political and cultural homelessness in the postwar world. Chris Lehmann, The New Republic, 16 Apr. 2020 George, meanwhile, grew up in a cheerfully nonintellectual and inclusive household that celebrated Christmas and just about anything involving their son, even Lizzie. Ellen Emry Heltzel, The Seattle Times, 3 Sep. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonintellectual
Adjective
  • His social media posts appear in ALL CAPS accompanied by lowbrow nicknames, perceived as a Trump hallmark.
    Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 20 Aug. 2025
  • And lo, the high-low concept was born: a club that would give its members permission to dip into deeply lowbrow territory, and then count upon the next choice to hoist us out of the muck.
    Vogue, Vogue, 29 July 2025
Adjective
  • If that — and a title font that echoes Woody Allen’s go-to choice of white Windsor Light Condensed over a black background — sets anti-intellectual alarm bells ringing, then this might not be the film for you.
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Conservative faculty are almost impossible to find at Harvard, and that absence has created a warped, often anti-intellectual, climate on campus.
    Samuel J. Abrams, National Review, 19 July 2025
Adjective
  • Even women of color with a college education have a higher chance of dying in childbirth than an uneducated white woman, and that is shocking.
    Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 30 Aug. 2025
  • These consequences will not be limited to the poor, the uneducated or minority groups.
    Arthur L. Kellermann, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Any suggestion that this is some kind of victory for Combs is ignorant.
    KiMi Robinson, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
  • In this case, the problem is ethics in the medical profession, as young doctor Andrew Manson (Robert Donat) moves from idealism to disillusionment and back again when faced with ignorant patients who are skeptical of his conclusions, economic hardship, and crooked colleagues.
    Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 25 Aug. 2025

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“Nonintellectual.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonintellectual. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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