"intellectual poverty" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing a lack of mental enrichment or enrichment in knowledge. For example, "In many rural areas, intellectual poverty is a serious problem due to a lack of educational resources."
"Talibanism is a twisted belief that thrives on material and intellectual poverty.
The problem with this isn't that it hurts my feelings – nothing compared with the abuse decent MPs have received at the hands of some on the left – but that it exposes the intellectual poverty on the right of the party.
Back in 1972, Stanley Cohen concluded: "The intellectual poverty and total lack of imagination in our society's response to its adolescent trouble-makers during the past 20 years, is manifest in the way this response compulsively repeats itself and fails each time to come to terms with the 'problem' that confronts it".
This approach is emblematic of the intellectual poverty of the political class and business elites.
But what's most shocking isn't our ailing status; it's the notion that we as a country would rather perpetuate a cycle of discursive and intellectual poverty than elect leaders dedicated to ameliorating our country's broken machinery.
However, she adds, "Those who are passionate egalitarians need to broaden their agenda from social and economic issues and find the courage to identify the cultural factors that often cause all sorts of poverty -- not just material poverty but also intellectual poverty, cultural poverty and moral poverty".
This was even demonstrated in populations and communities with high prevalence of social inequities (intellectual disparities, poverty, unemployment and illiteracy) traditionally considered difficult to reach [ 36- 40].
By contrast, the physical, emotional and intellectual impairment that poverty inflicts on children can mean a lifetime of suffering and want – and a legacy of poverty for the next generation.
The physical, emotional and intellectual impairment that poverty inflicts on children can mean a lifetime of suffering and want - and a legacy of poverty for the next generation.
The physical, emotional and intellectual impairment that poverty inflicts on children can mean a lifetime of suffering and want - and a legacy of poverty for the next generation, and a drag on the economic and social development of a nation.
UNICEF says that the physical, emotional and intellectual impairment that poverty inflicts on children can mean a lifetime of suffering and want - and a legacy of poverty for the next generation.
