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I had a word and then lost it.
It meant willfully ignorant, or ignorant & proud of it. This was applied to a former U.S. president.
Can anyone supply this word?
TIA
Here is an English Stack Exchange question looking for such a word. I'm not sure there is a single word that means exactly this.
Thanks for the link, I'm sure it will be helpful for this word and others.
Perhaps "incurious", which you might have seen applied to G W Bush in Keith Stanovich's book "What intelligence tests miss". (Quoting David Frum, I think.)
Yes, I've heard that.
This word defines more of a in-your-face-ignorant attitude. It may also go into contempt for those who work to achieve knowledge.
I didn't record it because I thought I would never need it again. My bad.
For someone who believes false things I'd say "Reality attacks your beliefs in a hundred little ways every day" but I have no rebuttal for this lifestyle for someone of privilege.
When I get a chance I'll search the Exchange link and try a few more searches containing the word 'Bush'.
Thanks for your help, folks. . .
Anti-intellectual?
The problem with that word is that in conflates many different meanings.
And he's proud of it. :(
In a way, he's putting down eggheads without directly saying so.
From what little I know about Game Theory I'd say being ignorant is never a dominant strategy.
Remaining ignorant might be a dominant strategy in a Game of Chicken X-/
If you're still looking, is it contumacious? 'Willfully obstinate' rather than 'willfully ignorant', but the phrase "contumacious president" has appeared many times in political writings.