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For real-life anti-intellectualism, see [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-intellectualism here]]. Feel free to compare it with the tropes listed here.
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For real-life anti-intellectualism, see [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-intellectualism here]]. see here.]] Feel free to compare it with the tropes listed here.
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Many tropes deal with media manipulation, misinformation, ignoring/impersonating professionals, {{demoniz|ation}}ing intellectuals, and/or idolizing "stupidity". For more tropes about intelligence and lack thereof, see IntelligenceTropes and BrainChain. Note that deconstructing a smart character trope or an intelligence trope counts as anti-intellectualism too.
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Many tropes deal with media manipulation, misinformation, ignoring/impersonating professionals, {{demoniz|ation}}ing intellectuals, and/or idolizing "stupidity". For more tropes about intelligence and lack thereof, see IntelligenceTropes and BrainChain. Note that deconstructing a smart character trope or an intelligence trope counts as anti-intellectualism too.BrainChain.
For real-life anti-intellectualism, see [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-intellectualism here]]. Feel free to compare it with the tropes listed here.
For real-life anti-intellectualism, see [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-intellectualism here]]. Feel free to compare it with the tropes listed here.
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* BookBurning: Destroying books to destroy free thought. The first step into a dictatorship.
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* BookBurning: Destroying books to destroy free thought. The first step into a dictatorship.
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* TVGenius: A smart character is portrayed in a stereotypical and arrogant manner to discredit him.
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* TVGenius: A He is a smart character is character, but portrayed in a stereotypical and arrogant manner way how a stupid character imagines one to discredit him.be (with huge arrogance, boring hobbies, over-complicated language, no social skills etc.), not how they really are.
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* {{Thoughtcrime}}: Even ''thinking'' this undesirable thought is a punishable crime.
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* IntellectuallySupportedTyranny: Beware of the smart because they support the dictatorship.
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* TallPoppySyndrome: Intellectuals [[KlingonScientistsGetNoRespect are looked down upon]] with disgust and [[GreenEyedMonster envy]].
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* AlmightyIdiot: An EldritchAbomination is so is so abominable that its own rational thought is completely destroyed. Suffering for everybody ensues.
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* AlmightyIdiot: An EldritchAbomination is so is so abominable that its own rational thought is completely destroyed. Suffering for everybody ensues.
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Many tropes deal with media manipulation, misinformation, ignoring/impersonating professionals, {{demoniz|ation}}ing intellectuals, and/or idolizing "stupidity". For more tropes about intelligence and lack thereof, see IntelligenceTropes and BrainChain. Note that deconstruction a smart character trope or an intelligence trope counts as anti-intellectualism too.
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* BrainsEvilBrawnGood: All intelligent characters are evil, all stupid characters are good.
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* BrainsEvilBrawnGood: All intelligent evil characters are evil, use brains, all stupid good characters are good.use pure strength.
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* ForScience: An evil character (usually a MadScientist) performs morally questionable experiments and justifies it with this phrase.
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* ForScience: An evil character (usually a MadScientist) performs morally questionable experiments and justifies it them with this phrase.
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* MeasuringTheMarigolds: Measuring and researching everything destroys beauty, it does not enhance it.
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* MeasuringTheMarigolds: Measuring and researching everything destroys beauty, beauty (usually of nature), it does not enhance it.
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* StupidScientist: A supposedly intelligent person says something completely idiotic to show his worthlessness.
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* StupidScientist: A creator lets a supposedly intelligent person says say something completely idiotic to show his their worthlessness.
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These tropes are not anti-intellectualism. Both make assumptions about the viewers minds, it does not glorify their idiocy (so it belong into cynicism tropes); you might even argue the opposite, the creators want an intelligent audience, they just can't find any, and the examples on the respective pages make this very clear.
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* AlmightyIdiot: An EldritchAbomination is so is so abominable that its own rational thoughtis completely destroyed. Suffering for everybody ensues.
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* AlmightyIdiot: An EldritchAbomination is so is so abominable that its own rational thoughtis thought is completely destroyed. Suffering for everybody ensues.ensues.
* BookBurning: Destroying books to destroy free thought. The first step into a dictatorship.
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* DontThinkFeel: Rely on intuition not logic and rationalism.
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* BreakTheScientist: A character presents their faulty pseudo-science and a real scientist goes through a HeroicBSOD.
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* EverybodyHatesMathematics: It's a general agreement that math sucks.
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* EverybodyHatesMathematics: It's a general agreement that math sucks.sucks because it's too hard to understand.
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* IDontPayYouToThink: A BadBoss doesn't want his underlings to think.
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* IDontPayYouToThink: A BadBoss doesn't want discourages his underlings to think.from thinking.
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* IgnoranceIsBliss: You don't want to know what happens around you because not knowing makes your life so much easier.
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* IgnoranceIsBliss: You don't want to know what happens around you you, because not knowing makes your life so much easier.
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* LuddWasRight: Researching and thinking our ways is useless, because doing the old-fashioned way is the best anyway.
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* LuddWasRight: Researching and Researching, thinking our and questioning the old-fashioned ways is useless, because doing the old-fashioned way them is the best anyway.
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* ScienceIsBad: The work portrays science as cold, emotionless and probably a threat to general public.
* ScienceIsUseless: People believe that anything they don't understand couldn't possibly be important.
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* ScienceIsBad: The work portrays science as cold, emotionless and probably as a threat to general public.
* ScienceIsUseless: People believe that anything they don't understand (now) couldn't possibly be important.
* ScienceIsUseless: People believe that anything they don't understand (now) couldn't possibly be important.
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* TVGenius: A smart character is portrayed in a stereotypical manner to discredit him.
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* StupidScientist: A supposedly intelligent person says something completely idiotic to show his worthlessness.
* TVGenius: A smart character is portrayed in a stereotypical and arrogant manner to discredit him.
* TVGenius: A smart character is portrayed in a stereotypical and arrogant manner to discredit him.
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* AlmightyIdiot
* BrainsEvilBrawnGood
* DontThinkFeel
* DumbIsGood
* EverybodyHatesMathematics
* ForScience
* GravityIsOnlyATheory
* IDontPayYouToThink
* IRejectYourReality
* IgnoranceIsBliss
* IgnoredExpert
* JapaneseSpirit
* KindheartedSimpleton
* LuddWasRight
* MeasuringTheMarigolds
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate
* PersecutedIntellectuals
* SchoolIsForLosers
* ScienceIsBad
* ScienceIsUseless
* ScienceIsWrong
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* DontThinkFeel
* DumbIsGood
* EverybodyHatesMathematics
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* GravityIsOnlyATheory
* IDontPayYouToThink
* IRejectYourReality
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* KindheartedSimpleton
* LuddWasRight
* MeasuringTheMarigolds
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate
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* SchoolIsForLosers
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* ScienceIsUseless
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* AlmightyIdiot
AlmightyIdiot: An EldritchAbomination is so is so abominable that its own rational thoughtis completely destroyed. Suffering for everybody ensues.
*BrainsEvilBrawnGood
BrainsEvilBrawnGood: All intelligent characters are evil, all stupid characters are good.
*DontThinkFeel
DontThinkFeel: Rely on intuition not logic and rationalism.
*DumbIsGood
DumbIsGood: The stupidest characters in the cast are also the nicest.
*EverybodyHatesMathematics
EverybodyHatesMathematics: It's a general agreement that math sucks.
*ForScience
ForScience: An evil character (usually a MadScientist) performs morally questionable experiments and justifies it with this phrase.
*GravityIsOnlyATheory
GravityIsOnlyATheory: A well-established scientific concept is written off as "just a theory".
*IDontPayYouToThink
IDontPayYouToThink: A BadBoss doesn't want his underlings to think.
*IRejectYourReality
IRejectYourReality: A character eliminates the principles of logic so that he can claim anything and nobody can contradict him anymore.
*IgnoranceIsBliss
IgnoranceIsBliss: You don't want to know what happens around you because not knowing makes your life so much easier.
*IgnoredExpert
IgnoredExpert: They got expert knowledge in their field but nobody cares even though they absolutely should.
*JapaneseSpirit
JapaneseSpirit: One aspect of it: Guts, honor, and physical power are more important than intellect, science and reason.
*KindheartedSimpleton
KindheartedSimpleton: A character is dim-witted, but their kindness makes up for it. Can be used to idolize stupidity.
*LuddWasRight
LuddWasRight: Researching and thinking our ways is useless, because doing the old-fashioned way is the best anyway.
*MeasuringTheMarigolds
MeasuringTheMarigolds: Measuring and researching everything destroys beauty, it does not enhance it.
*MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate
MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: A villain (usually a MadScientist) has the title "doctor".
*PersecutedIntellectuals
PersecutedIntellectuals: An oppressive government forces laws on intellectuals.
*SchoolIsForLosers
SchoolIsForLosers: Cool people don't have to put up with wasting their time studying.
*ScienceIsBad
ScienceIsBad: The work portrays science as cold, emotionless and probably a threat to general public.
*ScienceIsUseless
ScienceIsUseless: People believe that anything they don't understand couldn't possibly be important.
*ScienceIsWrong
ScienceIsWrong: A character dismisses scientific work to promote their own pseudo-science.
*StrawVulcan
StrawVulcan: A [[TheWarOnStraw straw man]] used to show that emotion is better than logic.
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Many tropes deal with [[{{Demonization}} demonizing]] {{demoniz|ation}}ing intellectuals and/or idolizing "stupidity". For more tropes about intelligence and lack thereof, see IntelligenceTropes and BrainChain.
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'''Lenny:''' That's too smart, you're one of them!
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'''Lenny:''' That's too smart, you're clever. You're one of them!''them''!
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'''Lenny:''' That's too smart, you're one of them!
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Many tropes deal with [[{{Demonization}} demonizing]] intellectuals and/or idolizing "stupidity". These tropes include:
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* AlmightyIdiot
* BookDumb
* BrainsEvilBrawnGood
* ContemplateOurNavels
* DumbIsGood
* EverybodyHatesMathematics
* ForScience
* GravityIsOnlyATheory
* IdiotHero
* IgnoranceIsBliss
* InsufferableGenius
* IntellectuallySupportedTyranny
* IntelligenceEqualsIsolation
* LuddWasRight
* MadMathematician
* MadScientist
* MeasuringTheMarigolds
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate
* SchoolIsForLosers
* ScienceIsBad
* ScienceIsWrong
* ScienceIsUseless
* StrawVulcan
* ThudAndBlunder
* TrueArt
* TVGenius
* WindmillPolitical
* WorkingClassHero
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For more tropes about intelligence and lack thereof, see IntelligenceTropes and BrainChain.
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