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  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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