To remove intellectual content, rigor, or complexity from something, making it simpler or less scholarly.
From the prefix 'de-' (reverse) and 'intellectualize,' which comes from Latin 'intellegere' (to understand), so literally meaning to undo the process of making something intellectual.
When news outlets 'deintellectualize' science, they're turning complex research into catchy headlines—it's why people hear about miracle cures before understanding how the studies actually worked.
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