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philistinism |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Philistinism \Phi*lis"tin*ism\, n. The condition, character, aims, and habits of the class called Philistines. See {Philistine}, 3. [Recent] --Carlyle. On the side of beauty and taste, vulgarity; on the side of morals and feeling, coarseness; on the side of mind and spirit, unintelligence, -- this is Philistinism. --M. Arnold. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: philistinism n : a desire for wealth and material possessions with little interest in ethical or spiritual matters [syn: {materialism}]
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