philistine
noun
/-lə-/
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/-stin/
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/fɪˈlɪstin/
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/ˈfɪlɪstaɪn/
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/ˈfɪlɪˌstaɪn/
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- (derogatory) A person who is ignorant or uneducated; specifically, a person who lacks appreciation of or is antagonistic towards art or culture, and who has pedestrian tastes.
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Philister,
Banause,
Banausin,
Ignorant,
Ignorantin,
Spießbürger
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philistine
adjective
/-lə-/
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/-stin/
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/fɪˈlɪstin/
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/ˈfɪlɪstaɪn/
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/ˈfɪlɪˌstaɪn/
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- (derogatory) Ignorant or uneducated; specifically, lacking appreciation for or antagonistic towards art or culture, and having pedestrian tastes.
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Banause,
Spießer,
philiströs
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Philistine
noun
/-lə-/
,
/-stin/
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/fɪˈlɪstin/
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/ˈfɪlɪstaɪn/
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/ˈfɪlɪˌstaɪn/
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- (historical) A non-Semitic person from ancient Philistia, a region in the southwest Levant in the Middle East.
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Philister,
Philisterin
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philistinism
noun
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- A materialistic attitude accompanied by ignorance of artistic or cultural matters.
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Banausentum,
Banausie,
Philisterei,
Spießbürgertum
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