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The example sentences of PHILISTINE in videos (3 in total of 6)

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in preposition or subordinating conjunction the determiner philistine proper noun, singular city noun, singular or mass of preposition or subordinating conjunction ekron proper noun, singular , he personal pronoun is verb, 3rd person singular present often adverb linked verb, past participle with preposition or subordinating conjunction satan proper noun, singular by preposition or subordinating conjunction christians proper noun, singular , in preposition or subordinating conjunction demonology proper noun, singular
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Use "philistine" in a sentence | "philistine" example sentences

How to use "philistine" in a sentence?

  • Witticism. A sharp and clever remark, usually quoted and seldom noted; what the Philistine is pleased to call a joke.
    -Ambrose Bierce-
  • PHILISTINE, n. One whose mind is the creature of its environment, following the fashion in thought, feeling and sentiment. He is sometimes learned, frequently prosperous, commonly clean and always solemn.
    -Ambrose Bierce-
  • One of the surest signs of the Philistine is his reverence for the superior tastes of those who put him down.
    -Pauline Kael-
  • Philistine must have originally meant, in the mind of those who invented the nickname, a strong, dogged, unenlightened opponent of the chosen people, of the children of the light.
    -Matthew Arnold-
  • The philistine provides the best definition of art. Anything that makes him rage is first class.
    -Louis Dudek-
  • If one defends the bourgeois, philistine virtues, one does not defend them merely from the demonism or bohemianism of the artist but from the present bourgeoisie itself.
    -Lionel Trilling-
  • Trinidad may seem complex, but to anyone who knows it, it is a simple, colonial, philistine society.
    -V. S. Naipaul-
  • A man who has no mental needs, because his intellect is of the narrow and normal amount, is, in the strict sense of the word, what is called a philistine.
    -Arthur Schopenhauer-

Definition and meaning of PHILISTINE

What does "philistine mean?"

/ˈfiləˌstēn/

adjective
Person uninterested in being intellectual.
noun
person who is hostile or indifferent to culture.

What are synonyms of "philistine"?
Some common synonyms of "philistine" are:
  • lowbrow,
  • anti-intellectual,
  • materialist,
  • bourgeois,
  • boor,
  • ignoramus,
  • lout,
  • oaf,
  • barbarian,
  • primitive,
  • savage,
  • brute,
  • yahoo,
  • vulgarian,

You can find detailed definitions of them on this page.

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