Usage of "philistine"

русский

испанский

Extinct language spoken by the Philistines.

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каталонский

A person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits.

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Examples for "lowbrow"

Examples for "lowbrow"

Give us your quick take on the following: Highbrow or lowbrow? 
 NY Magazine 

Well, if the highbrow does not have life's secret, perhaps the lowbrow has. 
 Three philosophies of life 

But not everybody is happy about Pakistani theatre's newfound love of the lowbrow. 
 Reuters 

And to think purists used to call comics lowbrow entertainment. 
 Wired 

When he shrugged, I noticed that even his lowbrow suit had great shoulder tailoring. 
 Silver zombie: delilah street: paranormal investigator 

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

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Inhabitant.

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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... 

Pence, unlike his philistine boss, was at least going to see Hamilton. 
 The Guardian 

It's not easy launching a new arts project in the current philistine climate. 
 The Irish Times 

That impending activity requires alcohol in excess to reach peak philistine, I say. 
 Climbing Magazine 

At heart, he had the philistine avarice of a true barbarian. 
 Anno Dracula 

Hence the claim of the philistine seems not to merit consideration. 
 The Principles of Aesthetics 

So much for your philistine ignorance of the possibilities of a romantic city. 
 The Club of Queer Trades 

The philistine yawned and turned his passengers' thoughts to a more interesting matter. 
 The House of Toys 

With Korps students, the butterfly becomes sooner or later a crawling, philistine grub. 
 Greifenstein 

Robin finds these clothes offensive, and he detests Mrs. Brown as a philistine. 
 The new yorker 

Really, is any great genius quite sane according to philistine standards? 
 Chopin : the Man and His Music 

This bill is philistine, an abuse of local democracy and an invitation to corruption. 
 The Guardian 

But it has given a new opportunity for philistine whingeing. 
 The Guardian 

It is merely the most philistine since the end of the second World War. 
 The Irish Times 

The brotherhood loved him for the very qualities which the philistine would style defects. 
 A Distinguished Provincial at Paris 

I know, I'm as much a philistine as most of you suspect I am. 
 The Irish Times 

philistine

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Translations for philistine

русский

испанский

каталонский

Philistine через время

Philistine в диалектах

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Значения термина philistine на английском