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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.
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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
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
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Evans said he wasn’t thwarted by the brand’s adoption among Robinson and other political figures because of their lowbrow tastes.—
Steve Salter,
CNN Money,
15 Oct. 2025
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The lowbrow Netflix offering was conceived as a sitcom, then reengineered as a feature, which explains the rapid-fire humor, if not the heart.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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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
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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
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Which is to say, this isn’t the story of a greedy, materialistic man who suffers a crisis of conscience while trying to pry a priceless treasure away from an uneducated hick who doesn’t know any better.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
29 Oct. 2025
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The people who looked Indigenous were the uneducated characters, the cartoon characters.—
Abbey White,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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In fact, the term itself was an epithet throughout the founding era, a way to describe ignorant and easily deceived popular majorities, perpetually vulnerable to demagogues.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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International students are close to entirely ignorant of Canadian history and politics.—
Dónal Gill,
The Dial,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Nonintellectual.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonintellectual. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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