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philistine [ˈfɪlɪstaɪn, Am -sti:n] N pej

philistine

filister m

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The philistine crowd can never enter the world of a creator. en.wikipedia.org

They are aggressively practical and philistine, with a loud contempt for anything that smells abstract or theoretical. en.wikipedia.org

In retaliation, he quenches all the festival bonfires and denounces the people as philistines. en.wikipedia.org

Elitists are denounced as high brow snobs advocating an esoteric culture; populists are dismissed as pandering philistines promoting a trivialized and commercialized culture. en.wikipedia.org

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