English

Adjective

banausic ‎(comparative more banausic, superlative most banausic)

1. Mechanical; materialistic, uncultured.
2. utilitarian

Quotations

• 1957: Lawrence Durrell, Justine, Faber, page 67

  who almost by mistake pierced the hard banausic shell of Alexandria

• 2003: Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason, Penguin 2004, page 456

But how could man respect himself when he was always being brought down to earth by the most banausic things?

• 2007, The Times

  You could fake philosophical unconcern, implying that such banausic matters are best left to your estate agent and factor: “I quite forget: my people look after such things.”