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Webster 1913 Edition


Philistinism

Phi-lis′tin-ism

,
Noun.
The condition, character, aims, and habits of the class called Philistines. See
Philistine
, 3.
[Recent]
Carlyle.
On the side of beauty and taste, vulgarity; on the side of morals and feeling, coarseness; on the side of mind and spirit, unintelligence, – this is
Philistinism
.
M. Arnold.

Definition 2024


philistinism

philistinism

English

Noun

philistinism (countable and uncountable, plural philistinisms)

  1. A materialistic attitude accompanied by ignorance of artistic or cultural matters

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