philistinism in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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I am saying all this because there is still no one who really cares enough to be responsible for my work; to protect it from the inroads of philistinism.
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What kind of person advocates philistinism as an educational policy?
theconversation.com
This kind of short-sighted philistinism can only make it harder to convince pupils that intellectual endeavour has something to offer them.
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The cause of extinction in this case must have been philistinism.
www.culture24.org.uk
We must don our grammatical armour and man the linguistic barricades, as an onslaught of grammatical philistinism will soon upon us.
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It is a reflection of the philistinism of today's news organisations that many of such gems pass us by.
thenationonlineng.net
Just like book burning, such an egregious example of literary and cultural philistinism has no place in the free world.
www.dailymail.co.uk
Being professional, as understood by teachers' unions, has become a way of justifying anti-intellectualism and philistinism.
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Fantasy, miracle and delusion, have captured the social imagination while the depth of philistinism is mind-boggling!
www.vanguardngr.com
It would be gross philistinism and the worst form of introspective, petty nationalism to even talk of abandoning them.
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