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1. (n.) philistine
(sometimes cap.) a person who is lacking in or smugly indifferent to culture, aesthetic refinement, etc., or is contentedly commonplace in ideas and tastes.
2. philistine
(cap.) a member of a maritime people of Anatolian or Aegean origin who controlled SW Palestine from c1200 to 604 b.c.
3. (adj.) philistine
(sometimes cap.) lacking in or indifferent to cultural values; uncultivated or smugly conventional.
4. philistine
(cap.) of or pertaining to the ancient Philistines.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < LL Philistīnī (pl.) < LGk Philistînoi < Heb p&schwa;lishtīm; (def.
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) philistine, anti-intellectual, lowbrow
a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits
2. (adj) Philistine
a member of an Aegean people who settled ancient Philistia around the 12th century BC
3. (adj) Philistine
of or relating to ancient Philistia or its culture or its people
4. (adj) anti-intellectual, philistine
smug and ignorant and indifferent or hostile to artistic and cultural values
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) Philistine
of or pertaining to the Philistines
2. (adj) Philistine
uncultured; commonplace
3. (noun) Philistine
a native or an inhabitant of ancient Philistia, a coast region of southern Palestine
4. (noun) Philistine
a bailiff
5. (noun) Philistine
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
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. Philistine
the name given by the students in Germany to a non-university man of the middle-class, or a man without (university) culture, or of narrow views of things.
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The Roycroft Dictionary |
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Philistine
A term of reproach used by prigs to designate certain people they do not like.
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