Definitions of Philistinism on the Web:
- materialism: a desire for wealth and material possessions with little interest in ethical or spiritual matters
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn - Philistinism is a derogatory term used to describe a particular attitude or set of values. A person called a Philistine (in the relevant sense), is said to despise or undervalue art, beauty, intellectual content, and/or spiritual values. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philistinism - A materialistic attitude accompanied by ignorance of artistic or cultural matters
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/philistinism - philistine - a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits
- philistine - of or relating to ancient Philistia or its culture or its people
- philistine - a member of an Aegean people who settled ancient Philistia around the 12th century BC
- philistine - anti-intellectual: smug and ignorant and indifferent or hostile to artistic and cultural values
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