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  • 101illiberal — /ɪˈlɪbərəl/ (say i libuhruhl), / lɪbrəl/ (say libruhl) adjective 1. narrow minded; bigoted. 2. without culture; unscholarly; vulgar. 3. Rare not generous in giving; niggardly. {Latin illīberālis mean, sordid} –illiberality /ɪˌlɪbəˈræləti/ (say… …

  • 102scholarly — [adj] academic bookish, cultured, educated, erudite, intellectual, learned, lettered, literate, longhair*, scholastic, schooled, studious, taught, trained, well read; concept 402 Ant. uneducated, unscholarly …

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  • 103studious — [adj] scholarly, attentive academic, assiduous, bookish*, bookworm*, busy, careful, contemplative, diligent, eager, earnest, grubbing, hard working, industrious, intellectual, learned, lettered, meditative, reflective, sedulous, serious,… …

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  • 104Lloyd, Albert Lancaster — (1908 82)    Orphaned in his teens, he emigrated to Australia and spent nine years working on farms and outback sheep stations. By the mid 1930s he was back in England, and after spending some months on a whaling factory ship, settled down to… …

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  • 105noncritical — adjective 1. not critical; not at a point of abrupt change • Ant: ↑critical • Topics: ↑chemistry, ↑chemical science, ↑physics, ↑natural philosophy • Attrubites: ↑ …

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  • 106nonintellectual — adjective not intellectual • Ant: ↑intellectual • Similar to: ↑anti intellectual, ↑philistine, ↑lowbrow, ↑lowbrowed, ↑uncultivated, ↑mindless …

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  • 107scholarly — adjective characteristic of scholars or scholarship (Freq. 2) scholarly pursuits a scholarly treatise a scholarly attitude • Ant: ↑unscholarly • Similar to: ↑academic, ↑ …

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  • 108unstudious — adjective not studious • Similar to: ↑unscholarly …

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  • 109bookless — ˈbu̇klə̇s adjective archaic : unlearned, unscholarly …

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  • 110pseudointellectual — pseudointellectually, adv. /sooh doh in tl ek chooh euhl/, n. 1. a person exhibiting intellectual pretensions that have no basis in sound scholarship. 2. a person who pretends an interest in intellectual matters for reasons of status. adj. 3. of …

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