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Definitions for Philistinism
[1] (sometimes initial capital letter ) a person who is lacking in or hostile or smugly indifferent to cultural values, intellectual pursuits, aesthetic refinement, etc., or is contentedly commonplace in ideas and tastes.
[2] (initial capital letter ) a native or inhabitant of ancient Philistia.
[3] (sometimes initial capital letter ) lacking in or hostile to culture.
[4] smugly commonplace or conventional.
[5] (initial capital letter ) of or belonging to the ancient Philistines.
[6] a person who is unreceptive to or hostile towards culture, the arts, etc; a smug boorish person
[7] a member of the non-Semitic people who inhabited ancient Philistia
[8] (sometimes not capital) boorishly uncultured
[9] of or relating to the ancient Philistines
Words related to Philistinism
philistineblindness, oblivion, disregard, illiteracy, bewilderment, insensitivity, incapacity, darkness, unconsciousness, rawness, fog, unawareness, simplicity, innocence, vagueness, unfamiliarity, nescience, dumbness, sciolism, incomprehension
Words nearby Philistinism
philistinephilippopolis, philippus, philips, philistia, philistian, philistine, philistines, phillip, phillips, phillips catheter, phillips curve
Origin of Philistinism
e1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin Philistīnī (plural) < Late Greek Philistînoi < Hebrew pəlishtīm
Other words from Philistinism
phil·is·tin·ism [fil -uh -stee-niz-uh m, -stahy-, fi-lis -tuh -niz-uh m, -tee-] /ˈfɪl ə stiˌnɪz əm, -staɪ-, fɪˈlɪs təˌnɪz əm, -ti-/ , noun
Synonyms for Philistinism
blindness, bewilderment, callowness, crudeness, darkness, denseness, disregard, dumbness, fog, incapacity, incomprehension, innocence, insensitivity, nescience, oblivion, obtuseness, rawness, sciolism, shallowness, simplicity, unawareness, unconsciousness, uncouthness, unenlightenment, unfamiliarity, vagueness, benightedness, empty-headedness, half-knowledge, illiterateness, inscience, lack of education, mental incapacity, naiveté, unscholarliness