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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • The people who looked Indigenous were the uneducated characters, the cartoon characters.
    Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2025
  • This Court finds that Respondent’s lack of candor on his I-485 was not an oversight by an uninformed, uneducated applicant.
    Filip Timotija, The Hill, 18 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • But there are also Black folks who are ignorant of this.
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The pilot has moments both sweet and funny, and sets up the possibility of romance amongst the characters, as well as further high jinks from a rotating cast of license seekers and citizens ignorant of the requirements for a Real ID.
    Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 11 Oct. 2025

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“Nonintellectual.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonintellectual. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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