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philistinism
(encz) | philistinism,přízemnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Philistinism
(gcide) | Philistinism \Phi*lis"tin*ism\, n.
The condition, character, aims, and habits of the class
called Philistines. See Philistine, 3. [Recent] --Carlyle.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster] |
philistinism
(wn) | philistinism
n 1: a desire for wealth and material possessions with little
interest in ethical or spiritual matters [syn:
materialism, philistinism] |
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Philistinism
(gcide) | Philistinism \Phi*lis"tin*ism\, n.
The condition, character, aims, and habits of the class
called Philistines. See Philistine, 3. [Recent] --Carlyle.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster] |
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