#anti-intellectualism

• Anti-cultural — Opposing culture, intellectual progress, or established artistic and spiritual values; tending to destroy, degrade, or ignore the cultural manifestations of a society. In a critical and sociological sense, the term describes mass phenomena, retrogressive ideological trends, or oppressive political decisions that sabotage education, art, and creative freedom.
• Anti-intellectualism — A doctrine, social attitude, or ideological trend characterized by systematic hostility, suspicion, and contempt toward intellectuals, culture, art, and academic education; a structural tendency to reject critical thinking and scientific rigor in favor of instinct or populism. In a historical sense, it was utilized by totalitarian regimes to neutralize university elites.