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philistine
(encz) | philistine,ignorant n: Zdeněk Brož |
philistine
(encz) | philistine,nevzdělanec n: Zdeněk Brož |
Philistine
(gcide) | Philistine \Phi*lis"tine\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to the Philistines.
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2. Uncultured; commonplace.
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Philistine
(gcide) | Philistine \Phi*lis"tine\, n. [L. Philistinus, Heb.
Phlishth[imac], pl. Phlishth[imac]m.]
1. A native or an inhabitant of ancient Philistia, a coast
region of southern Palestine.
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2. A bailiff. [Cant, Eng.] [Obs.] --Swift.
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3. A person deficient in liberal culture and refinement; one
without appreciation of the nobler aspirations and
sentiments of humanity; one whose scope is limited to
selfish and material interests. [Recent] --M. Arnold.
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philistine
(wn) | Philistine
adj 1: of or relating to ancient Philistia or its culture or its
people
2: smug and ignorant and indifferent or hostile to artistic and
cultural values [syn: anti-intellectual, philistine]
n 1: a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits [syn:
philistine, anti-intellectual, lowbrow]
2: a member of an Aegean people who settled ancient Philistia
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philistine
(devil) | 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.
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philistines
(encz) | Philistines, |
anti-intellectual philistine
(gcide) | nonintellectual \nonintellectual\ adj.
not intellectual. Opposite of intellectual. [Narrower
terms: anti-intellectual, philistine; {lowbrow,
uncultivated ] Also See unscholarly.
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Philistine
(gcide) | Philistine \Phi*lis"tine\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to the Philistines.
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2. Uncultured; commonplace.
[1913 Webster]Philistine \Phi*lis"tine\, n. [L. Philistinus, Heb.
Phlishth[imac], pl. Phlishth[imac]m.]
1. A native or an inhabitant of ancient Philistia, a coast
region of southern Palestine.
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2. A bailiff. [Cant, Eng.] [Obs.] --Swift.
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3. A person deficient in liberal culture and refinement; one
without appreciation of the nobler aspirations and
sentiments of humanity; one whose scope is limited to
selfish and material interests. [Recent] --M. Arnold.
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