Intellectualist and Philistine

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Intellectualist adjective - Much given to learning and thinking.

Usage example: a small cadre of intellectualist reformers who had no idea of the concerns of the common folk

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Philistine is an antonym for intellectualist.

Philistine adjective - Smug and ignorant and indifferent or hostile to artistic and cultural values.

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Intellectualist is an antonym for philistine.

Nearby Word: philistinism

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