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Philistine
Philistine Phi*lis"tine, n. [L. Philistinus, Heb.
Phlishth[=i], pl. Phlishth[=i]m.]
1. A native or an inhabitant of ancient Philistia, a coast
region of southern Palestine.
2. A bailiff. [Cant, Eng.] [Obs.] --Swift.
3. A person deficient in liberal culture and refinement; one
without appreciation of the nobler aspirations and
sentiments of humanity; one whose scope is limited to
selfish and material interests. [Recent] --M. Arnold.
Philistine
Philistine Phi*lis"tine, a.
1. Of or pertaining to the Philistines.
2. Uncultured; commonplace.
PhilistinismPhilistinism Phi*lis"tin*ism, n.
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.
Meaning of Philistin from wikipedia
- In the
fields of
philosophy and of aesthetics, the term
philistinism describes the attitudes, habits, and
characteristics of a
person who
deprecates art...
- Dave
Philistin (born 1986) is a
former American football linebacker and CEO and
founder of Candor, a cloud-based
managed IT
services company. He pla****...
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socially and
culturally determined by
their economic materialism and
philistinism, a
social identity famously mocked in Molière's
comedy Le
Bourgeois gentilhomme...
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everything I
detested (fanaticism, violence, bigotry, humorlessness,
philistinism, and the new
offense culture of the age). Then I read
Christopher using...
- Purple, they're just one-hit wonders.' How can you deal with that kind of
Philistinism, you know?". Ian
Gillan also commented, "I've
fought all my life against...
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embodiment of the
struggle between enlightened Romanticism and
musical philistinism.
Schumann credited the two
sides of his
character with the composition...
- bioregionalism. He
disapproved of the
subjugation of
Native Americans, slavery,
philistinism,
technological utopianism, and what can be
regarded in today's terms...
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Endowment for the
Humanities National Humanities Medal Related Antihumanism Philistinism Criticism of m****
culture Educational essentialism Humanities in the...
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writing endless propaganda doggerel, and the
stifling conformism and
philistinism of the
World State make him restive.
Helmholtz is
ultimately exiled to...
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Tucholsky (1890–1935), a
German author who was a
masterly critic of
philistinism, nationalism,
militarism and corruptibility. He
wrote poems, chansons...
