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Meanings of philistine in English

Russian
филистимский язык
Spanish
idioma filisteo

Extinct language spoken by the Philistines.

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филистимский язык
Catalan
inculte

A person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits.

inculte

Smug, ignorant, indifferent or hostile to artistic and cultural values.

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Inhabitant.

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Usage of philistine in English
1
The poet's quarrel with the philistine, in particular, is far from settled.
The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poe...
2
Pence, unlike his philistine boss, was at least going to see Hamilton.
The Guardian
3
It's not easy launching a new arts project in the current philistine climate.
The Irish Times
4
That impending activity requires alcohol in excess to reach peak philistine, I say.
Climbing Magazine
5
At heart, he had the philistine avarice of a true barbarian.
Anno Dracula
6
Hence the claim of the philistine seems not to merit consideration.
The Principles of Aesthetics
7
So much for your philistine ignorance of the possibilities of a romantic city.
The Club of Queer Trades
8
The philistine yawned and turned his passengers' thoughts to a more interesting matter.
The House of Toys
9
With Korps students, the butterfly becomes sooner or later a crawling, philistine grub.
Greifenstein
10
Robin finds these clothes offensive, and he detests Mrs. Brown as a philistine.
The new yorker
11
Really, is any great genius quite sane according to philistine standards?
Chopin : the Man and His Music
12
This bill is philistine, an abuse of local democracy and an invitation to corruption.
The Guardian
13
But it has given a new opportunity for philistine whingeing.
The Guardian
14
It is merely the most philistine since the end of the second World War.
The Irish Times
15
The brotherhood loved him for the very qualities which the philistine would style defects.
A Distinguished Provincial at Paris
16
I know, I'm as much a philistine as most of you suspect I am.
The Irish Times
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Catalan
inculte
Philistine through the time
Philistine across language varieties
United Kingdom
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