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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: philistinism
philistinism
n : a desire for wealth and material possessions with little
interest in ethical or spiritual matters [syn:
materialism]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Philistinism
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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