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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)
- A materialistic attitude accompanied by ignorance of artistic or cultural matters