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Showing words for PHILISTINISM using the English dictionary

12 Letter Words for Philistinism

philistinism

9 Letter Words for Philistinism

nihilisms, nihilists

8 Letter Words for Philistinism

nihilism, nihilist, shilpits, simplist, spinitis, thlipsis

7 Letter Words for Philistinism

inships, limpish, linitis, miships, mishits, misship, pistils, plinths, shilpit, simlins, slimish, snipish, spilths, spitish, splints

6 Letter Words for Philistinism

impish, imshis, initis, inship, insist, limits, limpin, linish, lipins, minish, mishit, mislin, missit, nihils, nimshi, piitis, pistil, plinth, shiism, simlin, sisith, smiths, spilth, splint, splits, timish

5 Letter Words for Philistinism

hilts, hints, hipmi, hisis, hists, impis, imshi, intil, intis, isthm, limit, limns, limps, lints, lipin, lisps, lists, lithi, liths, milit, milts, minis, mints, mists, mitis, nihil, pilin, pilis, pints, piths, plims, pliss, shims, shins, ships, shipt, shisn, shist, shits, silts, simis, simps, sinhs, slims, slips, slipt, slish, slits, smith, smits, snips, snits, spins, spits, split, thins, thisn, timps

4 Letter Words for Philistinism

hili, hilt, himp, hims, hins, hint, hips, hipt, hisn, hiss, hist, hits, html, ilth, imit, impi, imps, init, insp, inst, inti, intl, ipil, isis, isls, isms, isnt, isth, liin, limn, limp, lins, lint, lips, lish, lisp, liss, list, lith, liti, lits, mils, milt, mini, mins, mint, mips, miss, mist, nils, nims, nips, nisi, nist, nits, phil, phis, phit, pili, pilm, pins, pint, pish, piss, pist, pith, pits, plim, psis, psst, psts, shim, shin, ship, shit, shpt, silt, simi, simp, sims, sinh, sins, sips, sish, sisi, sist, sith, siti, sits, slim, slip, slit, snip, snit, spin, spit, stim, thin, this, tils, tins, tips, tshi

3 Letter Words for Philistinism

him, hin, hip, his, hit, hts, ihi, ihp, ihs, iii, imi, imp, ins, int, iph, ipl, ipm, ips, ish, isl, ism, isn, ist, its, lim, lin, lip, lis, lit, lpm, lpn, lst, ltm, mil, min, mis, mit, mls, mph, msh, msl, mss, mst, mtn, mts, nil, nim, nip, nis, nit, nth, phi, pht, pil, pin, pis, pit, pli, pms, pmt, psi, pst, pts, shi, shp, sht, sil, sim, sin, sip, sis, sit, slt, sml, spl, sps, spt, ssh, ssp, stm, thm, til, tim, tin, tip, tis, tln, tmh, tph, tpi, tpm, tps, tsh, tsi, tsp, tss

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