Difference between Anti-intellectual and Philistine

What is the difference between Anti-intellectual and Philistine?

Anti-intellectual as an adjective is indifferent or hostile to cultural or intellectual ideas while Philistine as an adjective is lacking in appreciation for art or culture

Anti-intellectual

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: indifferent or hostile to cultural or intellectual ideas

Philistine

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A person who is ignorant or uneducated; specifically, a person who lacks appreciation of or is antagonistic towards art or culture, and who has pedestrian tastes.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Lacking in appreciation for art or culture

Example sentence: I do admire Judi Dench and Sir Ian McKellen, but I'm a philistine. I like the good life too much; I'm not good at going on stage night after night and on wet Wednesday afternoons.

We hope you now know whether to use Anti-intellectual or Philistine in your sentence.

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