antieducation
Opposing formal instruction
Antieducation describes opposition to formal education or educational institutions, or attitudes and policies that undermine learning.
The term often appears in political commentary criticizing budget cuts, anti-intellectual movements, or hostility toward teachers and schools: The administration's antieducation stance has demoralized teachers statewide.
As a noun, antieducation names this opposition as an ideology or trend.
Inability to read
- unschooledLacking formal instruction
- untaughtNever given lessons
- unletteredUnable to read
- unlearnedLacking acquired knowledge
unenlightened · benightedness · anti-intellectualism · philistinism · incuriosity · closed-mindedness · nescience · inexperience
Forcible prevention or concealment
- indoctrinationSystematic uncritical belief instillation
- propagandaBiased information for influence
- revisionismReexamining established doctrine
- dogmatismUnyielding adherence to doctrine
orthodoxy · newspeak · bowdlerization · expurgation · redaction · blacklisting · sanitization · purity
Disagreement with authority
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
- objectionExpression of disapproval
- rejectionDenial of acceptance
- backlashStrong negative reaction
boycott · defiance · noncompliance · resistance · activism · disobedience · insubordination · rebellion
illiteracy
Inability to read
- unschooledLacking formal instruction
- untaughtNever given lessons
- unletteredUnable to read
unlearned · unenlightened · benightedness · anti-intellectualism · philistinism · incuriosity · closed-mindedness · nescience · inexperience · uninformed
suppression
Forcible prevention or concealment
- indoctrinationSystematic uncritical belief instillation
- propagandaBiased information for influence
- revisionismReexamining established doctrine
dogmatism · orthodoxy · newspeak · bowdlerization · expurgation · redaction · blacklisting · sanitization · purity · taboo
dissent
Disagreement with authority
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
- objectionExpression of disapproval
- rejectionDenial of acceptance
backlash · boycott · defiance · noncompliance · resistance · activism · disobedience · insubordination · rebellion · unrest
antieducationeducation
Systematic development of mind
educational reform · scholasticism · academic support · educational investment
antieducationintellectualism
Emphasis on reasoning pursuits
enlightenment · scholarship · erudition · learning · literacy
education, educate, educated, educating, educator, educators, educational, educationally, uneducated