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Intellectual – From the Free Dictionary

Noun intellectual - a person who uses the mind creatively

Adjective intellectual - of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind; "intellectual problems"; "the triumph of the rational over the animal side of man"

Adjective 1. scholarly, learned, academic, lettered, intelligent, rational, cerebral, erudite, scholastic, highbrow, well-read, studious, bookish

OPPOSITE stupid

Noun 2. academic, expert, genius, thinker, master, brain (informal) mastermind, maestro, highbrow, rocket scientist (informal), chiefly U.S. egghead (informal) brainbox, bluestocking (usually disparaging) master-hand

OPPOSITE idiot

For some reason, every time we have an election, the poor intellectuals are vilified by the Republican’s. The intellectuals and their ideas are the reason for all of society’s ills. So says Professor Karl Rove and all of his students.

And whenever I look at some of the comments on political blogs, there it is again; intellectuals being given the blame for everything, including the weather.

But wait…if we look at the definitions above; aren’t these the qualities we want for our children and, heaven forbid…ourselves? OK, maybe you don’t want to be known as a ‘rocket scientist’, but what’s wrong with being known as a ‘thinker’? And look at the opposite meanings; stupid and idiot. Doesn’t get much worse than that.

So does that mean that someone who opposes intellectualism is a…?