Philistinism

Definition of Philistinism

Phi`lis´tin`ism
n.1.The condition, character, aims, and habits of the class called Philistines. See Philistine, 3.
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.

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desire, materialism
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