Phi·lis·tine
ˈfi-lə-ˌstēn
fə-ˈli-stən,
-ˌstēn;
ˈfi-lə-stən
1
: a native or inhabitant of ancient Philistia
2
often not capitalized
a
: a person who is guided by materialism and is usually disdainful of intellectual or artistic values
b
: one uninformed in a special area of knowledge
1
or philistine
: guided by materialism and disdainful of intellectual or artistic values
a philistine attitude toward opera
Greenfield's anti-hero, Larry Lazar, is not a conventionally philistine tycoon, trampling on the souls of artists.—William A. Henry
… future epochs will remember us as a coarse and philistine people who squandered our bottomlessly rich cultural inheritance for short-term and meaningless financial advantage.—Gerald Howard
It is a fact of philistine life that amusement is where the money is.—William H. Gass
2
: of or relating to the people of ancient Philistia
Philistine cities
Philistine artifacts
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