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Meanings of philistine in inglés
ruso
филистимский язык español
idioma filisteo Extinct language spoken by the Philistines.
Related terms
Smug, ignorant, indifferent or hostile to artistic and cultural values.
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Inhabitant.
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Sinónimos
Examples for "anti-intellectual"
Examples for "anti-intellectual"
1
They are creating an anti-intellectual culture, to make people easier to manipulate.
2
A little pleasure for pleasure's sake has never struck me as anti-intellectual.
3
It's a new variation of an old-fashioned populism that is anti-intellectual and anti-expert.
4
Britain, until recently, has escaped the worst of these anti-intellectual excesses.
5
The Royal Society says New Zealand's anti-intellectual attitude is a thing of the past.
Usage of philistine in inglés
1
The poet's quarrel with the philistine, in particular, is far from settled.
2
Pence, unlike his philistine boss, was at least going to see Hamilton.
3
It's not easy launching a new arts project in the current philistine climate.
4
That impending activity requires alcohol in excess to reach peak philistine, I say.
5
At heart, he had the philistine avarice of a true barbarian.
6
Hence the claim of the philistine seems not to merit consideration.
7
So much for your philistine ignorance of the possibilities of a romantic city.
8
The philistine yawned and turned his passengers' thoughts to a more interesting matter.
9
With Korps students, the butterfly becomes sooner or later a crawling, philistine grub.
10
Robin finds these clothes offensive, and he detests Mrs. Brown as a philistine.
11
Really, is any great genius quite sane according to philistine standards?
12
This bill is philistine, an abuse of local democracy and an invitation to corruption.
13
But it has given a new opportunity for philistine whingeing.
14
It is merely the most philistine since the end of the second World War.
15
The brotherhood loved him for the very qualities which the philistine would style defects.
16
I know, I'm as much a philistine as most of you suspect I am.
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